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The Cuban “Miami Five”: jailed in the US for fighting terrorism |
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The case of the Miami Five is clearly about the right of a sovereign country to defend itself against the terrorist actions conducted from a neighbouring country that harbours them and does not lift a finger to stop their actions. This article appeared in http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/. |
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Message of the Cuban Five was read at the session of the Cuban Parliament |
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A Message of Rene González on behalf of the Cuban Five was read by Ricardo Alarcón at the Session of the National Assembly of the People's Power. "In these twelve months your support has been with us. Your letters and messages of encouragement have reminded us every day that love knows no borders, that it is worth being defended and that everywhere in the world there are human beings who justify our sacrifice." |
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AI accuses the US of breaking international human rights standards in the case of the Five |
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On January 11, 2006 Amnesty International sent a letter to the U.S. Government claiming that denial of visas to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez is unnecessarily punitive and contrary both to standards for the humane treatment of prisoners and to states' obligation to protect family life: "Such denial if of even more urgent concern in the present cases given the serious questions which have been raised about the fairness of the convictions." The letter is a hard hitting condemnation of the United States' treatment of the five men and their families and also questions the fairness of the original Miami based trial of the Five. |
