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Int’l Committee Calls for Global Tweets For Release of Cuban Five

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Washington, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The International Committee for the Freedom of five Cubans imprisoned in the United States is inviting internet users worldwide to post messages on the Twitter social network to demand the release of these men. The virtual date set for the concerted tweets is Saturday, January 5, using the tags: # ObamaLiberalos5Ya!;

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Belarusian Writers Demand Release of Cuban 5

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Minsk, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) The Union of Writers of Belarus demanded today that President Barack Obama release of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in the United States for trying to prevent violent actions against their country. Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez have been serving unjust prison terms

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Sao Paulo Forum Calls for Freedom of Cuban 5

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Lima, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) The Sao Paulo Forum of progressive parties from Latin American demanded today the immediate release of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in the United States for more than 14 years. The statement was voiced at a meeting organized by the Andean Amazon Secretariat, and asks U.S. President Barack Obama “to use all relevant resources to release the Five so they can return their homeland.”

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Peruvian Women Demanded Clinton toTake Action to Free the Cuban Five

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Lima, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) Prominent Peruvian women demanded today of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in that northern country be released. In an open letter to Clinton, who is arriving today in this country on a two-day visit, the Peruvian women asked the government in Washington to release the five Cubans imprisoned in that country for over 14 years.

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World Solidarity with Cuban Antiterrorists Detained in USA

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Havana, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) About 100 activities in support of the cause of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters detained in the United States will be carried out today in over 31 countries, after 14 years of unjust punishment. Those men turn today 14 years of lockup, hence we have promoted this campaign of denunciation, Graciela Ramirez, coordinator of the International Committee to Free the Five, told reporters.

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Campaign for Release of the Cuban Five Continues

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Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) A campaign of solidarity with the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly held in US prisons has started in this central province with a meeting between jurists and journalists.

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Spouse of One of Cuban 5 Continues Intensive Agenda in Bolivia

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La Paz, Aug 23 (PL) Adriana Perez, spouse of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Gerardo Hernandez, continues today its intensive agenda in Bolivia, including a forum at the University of San Andres and another at the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.

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Rene González Doesn’t Want to be a U.S. Citizen

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Two notes associated with the case of the Cuban Five which happened to be published recently by various Cuban media outlets on the same day, deal with issues so obvious, and at the same time so ignored by U.S. authorities, that it’s worth comparing the headlines. The first had to do with the new motion presented by Rene González’s attorney, asking once again for the same thing that was called for before he left prison: that he be allowed to return to Cuba, where his home and family are.

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New Legal Action to Favor Cuban 5

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Washington, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Defense lawyers of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Gerardo Hernandez presented a new legal action at a court in south Florida, the International Committee to Free the Five stated today. Jurists Tom Goldstein and Martin Garbus, defend attorneys of Hernandez, filed a motion at the Southern District Court of Florida, through his local attorney Richard Klugh.

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‘Free the Cuban 5′ Campaign Ireland Calls for More Action

Free the Cuban 5 Campaign Ireland Calls for More Action

A CALL has gone out for more people in Ireland to become active to `Free the Cuban 5′, the five men jailed in the United States for monitoring right-wing exiles plotting terrorist acts against the Caribbean island.