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Cuban Five Supported in Costa
Rica
Relatives of five Cubans
imprisoned in the US since 1998
are continuing Monday their
extensive program of activities
in San José, to gain support for
the cause of their beloved ones.
Adriana Perez, Elizabeth
Palmeiro and Magali Llort, wives
and mother of Gerardo Hernandez,
Ramon Labañino and Fernando
Gonzalez, respectively, will
meet today with local human
rights organizations and
denounce the injustices
committed against them.
The cause of Gerardo, Ramon,
Fernando, Antonio and Rene has
so far received great solidarity
from the country's civil
society, the creation of a
committee to support them being
the most palpable example.
The Cuban Five, as they are
known in ongoing international
campaigns for their release, are
serving unfair and harsh
sentences ranging from 15 years
to double life imprisonment, for
merely defending their country
from terrorist activities by
extreme right groups of Cuban
origin in southern Miami.
The "5 por los 5" campaign,
consisting of protests every
month in front of the US
embassies of the 83 countries
where there are solidarity
committees with the Cuban Five,
was unanimously welcomed into
the movement.
"The US empire can impose wars
and nameless sacrifices,
separate relatives, condemn the
defense of one's homeland and
violate international human
rights, but it will never
imprison people's conscience,"
the Committee's first
declaration stated.
The text also demands that men
and women from Costa Rica and
the world join in a universal
clamor so that Gerardo, Ramon,
Rene, Fernando and Antonio are
released from their prisons and
returned to their relatives and
homeland.
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