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UK’s Personalities to File a Petition in Favor of Cuban Five
A high level delegation will hand in a petition to th US Embassy to UK on October 7 calling for visiting rights for the wives of five Cubans imprisoned for ten years in the US for defending their country against terrorist attacks, announced the London-based Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
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A high level delegation will hand in a petition to the US Embassy to UK on October 7 calling for visiting rights for the wives of five Cubans imprisoned for ten years in the US for defending their country against terrorist attacks, announced the London-based Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
A press release sent to ACN by the organization says the petition is endorsed by over 10,000 signatures, including MPs, nine Nobel Laureates, and personalities from the worlds of media, law and arts. The document calls for justice for the five and their families and refers in particular to two of the wives of the Five, Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez who have been denied visas to visit their husbands in US jails since their trial.
The women’s husbands, René González and Gerardo Hernández, are two of five men known as the Cuban Five, who following an unfair trial were found guilty of “acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government” and related charges. They were monitoring extreme right wing paramilitary groups operating out of Florida who are responsible for launching terrorist attacks against Cuba, explains the announcement.
According to the report, there will be a candlelight vigil with around 500 people expected to participate also in front of the US embassy in honor of the Cuban Five.
The delegation handing in the petition includes: Tony Woodley, joint general secretary, Unite the UK’s largest union; Gerry Fernandez, international director, United Steel Workers, USA; Father Geoff Bottoms, Catholic priest and campaigner on this case; Steve Cottingham, Lawyer, OH Parsons; and Rob Miller, director, Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
A press release sent to ACN by the organization says the petition is endorsed by over 10,000 signatures, including MPs, nine Nobel Laureates, and personalities from the worlds of media, law and arts. The document calls for justice for the five and their families and refers in particular to two of the wives of the Five, Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez who have been denied visas to visit their husbands in US jails since their trial.
The women’s husbands, René González and Gerardo Hernández, are two of five men known as the Cuban Five, who following an unfair trial were found guilty of “acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government” and related charges. They were monitoring extreme right wing paramilitary groups operating out of Florida who are responsible for launching terrorist attacks against Cuba, explains the announcement.
According to the report, there will be a candlelight vigil with around 500 people expected to participate also in front of the US embassy in honor of the Cuban Five.
The delegation handing in the petition includes: Tony Woodley, joint general secretary, Unite the UK’s largest union; Gerry Fernandez, international director, United Steel Workers, USA; Father Geoff Bottoms, Catholic priest and campaigner on this case; Steve Cottingham, Lawyer, OH Parsons; and Rob Miller, director, Cuba Solidarity Campaign.