16 Years: Too Long... Too Wrong!
Join us to demand the
immediate release of the
Cuban Five from U.S.
prisons!
Friday, Sept. 12
5:30 - 6:30 pm
U.S. Consulate
University Ave.
& Armoury Rd.
(just south of
Dundas St.)
Sponsored by the Friends of
the
Cuban Five - Toronto
For
info: tema1tema@gmail.com
The Cuban Five are five Cuban men
unjustly imprisoned in the United States after being arrested by the FBI on
Sept.12, 1998 and convicted in a federal court in Miami in 2001, in a political
prosecution by the U.S. government. They are Gerardo Hernández, Ramón
Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando
González and René González.
The Five were falsely accused of committing
espionage, conspiracy against the United States, and other related charges. But
the Five’s actions were never directed at the U.S. government; they never
engaged in nor planned any conspiracy against the government.
As the Cuban Five pointed out in
their defense, they were on a mission to monitor the actions of Miami-based terrorist
groups in order to prevent more attacks on their country of Cuba. To date terrorist
attacks have killed 3,478 Cubans.
The Cuban Five are innocent
victims of the continuing economic and political war waged by the U.S. against
Cuba and its Revolution. So far, René González and Fernando González have been
released after serving their unjust sentences, but the other three remain in
prison. Justice demands that all be released immediately and returned to their
families and homeland!