Cuba Five Update

 

Updated December 15

• Ricardo Alarcon calls for Strengthening World Solidarity with the Cuban Five
• Struggle for the Release of the Cuban Five is Growing

Updated December 12

• Art Exhibition In Support of Cuban Five Inaugurated in Eastern Cuba
• Cuba Condemns Release of Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles at UN Security Council
• Spanish Net for Cuban Five Liberation Widens
• Meeting Dedicated to Cuban Five To Be held in Miami
• Cuban Five Case Discussed at Rio Forum
• Argentineans Pay Homage to the Cuban Five

 Updated October 22 

• United Kindom actions demand ‘Free Cuban 5’
• The case is not closed
• Ricardo Alarcon Calls for Action to Avoid Closing of Cuban Five Case
• New Exhibition on the Cuban Five at UN
• VANCOUVER: ‘Free the Cuban 5!’
• Dominican Deputies Demand Freedom for the Cuban Five
• Cuban Five Member Antonio Guerrero Turns 50
• Read the birthday greetings to Antonio
• Cuban Five Protest at US Embassy in Guatemala
• Cuban Children's Drawing Exhibition Calls for Freedom of the Five
• Canadians Rally Outside US Embassy to Demand Release of the Cuban Five

Updated September 26

• Guantanamo prosecutor quits
• Lebanese Lawmakers for Cuban Five Release

Updated September 24

• Solidarity with Cuba in New York
• Ricardo Alarcón Praises Solidarity with Cuban Five 
• Cuban Ambassador to East Timor Denounces Case of the Cuban Five
• Chavez says met with "strong" Fidel in Cuba

 Updated September 23

• Leonard Weinglass: "The Case of the Cuban Five is Political"
• Relatives of Cuban 5 Meet with German Lawmakers
• Leonard Weinglass: Public Support is Crucial in Cuban Five Case
• A Message of Solidarity from Actor Danny Glover

 Updated September 18

• Cuban artists and intellectuals appeal to their colleagues worldwide
• International mobilization demands freedom for the Cuban Five
• Guatemala Group Wants Cuban 5 Free
• Cuban 5 Mother for US Women Help
• Germans Show Support for Cuban 5
• Pita Sharples Supports Cuba Five Committee

Updated September 15

• Five arrested in Sept. 12 action at the White House A new anti-Cuba spectacle in Miami
• A decade of infamy
• Events Organized in Cuba and around the World to Commemorate Ten Years Imprisonment of Cuban Five in US Prisons
• Free the Five demo (Billy Macrae photo blog Sept 14)
• Return of the Good Neighbor: From Cuba to Geneva

Updated September 11

• Telesur To Broadcast Concert Dedicated to Cuban Five 
• Atlanta Decision Perpetuates Cruelty against the Cuban Five
• Atlanta Court Denies Cuban Five Appeal
• World Solidarity with the Cuban Five
• Polish Communist Party Expresses Support for the Cuban Five

 Updated September 5 

• Weinglass Denounces US Justice
• US Church Demands Freedom for the Cuban Five
• Quebec Solidarity Organization Announces Protest Action in Montreal
• Support for the Cuban Five in Ethiopia

  Updated September 3 

• Release of the Five Cuban Antiterrorists Demanded in Bolivia
• Leonard Weinglass at the Chilean Central University
• Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA) for the Cuban Five
• Solidarity with the Cuban Five in the Czech Republic
• Cuban 5 Lawyer Briefs Chileans
• Venezuelan Official: Release The Five
• Call from Spain in support of the Five
• Freedom for the Five Demanded in the United States
• Vice-president of Mexican Senate Demands Visas for Adriana and Olga

 Updated August 28

• Billboards in Vancouver Demand Release of Cuban Five
• Concert for Cuban Five in New York
• Solidarity with the Cuban Five in Czech Republic
• Cuban Five Case: Demonstrations next Sept 12 in Montreal and Beirut

Updated August 25

• Campaign in Angola for the Release of the Cuban Five
• The Five send message to Cuban delegation in Beijing
• Venezuelan Women Ask Washington to Allow Cubans to Visit Jailed Husbands
• Argentinean Families Demand Release of Cuban Five
• The Five send message to Cuban delegation in Beijing
• US Media Hush Cuban 5 Trial

 Updated August 15

• Cuban 5 Mistreated: Venezuela Writer (Aug 13 Prensa Latina)
• Release of the Cuban Five Demanded in exico (Aug 13 Adelante)
• Cuban Five Send Birthday Messages to Fidel (Aug 13 acn)
• Young Canadians Help Spread Truth about Cuban Five's Case (Aug 11 acn)
• Cuban Five Grateful of World Support (Aug 9 Prensa Latina)
• Activists in the US Reaffirm Solidarity with the Cuban Five (Aug 8  acn)
• Solidarity with the Cuban Five in Lebanon and Portugal (Aug 8 Adelante)

 Updated August 6

• Concert in U.S. in Support of Cuban Five (August 5 acn)
• Solidarity with the Cuban Five from Ithaca, Greece (August 1 acn)
• Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association Demands Release of Cuban Five (July 31 acn)
• Cuban Revelry Day in Perth (WA CFS)

 Updated July 31(NZ)

• Internationally renowned personalities demand right of visas for the Cuban Five (July 30  antiterroristas)
• Release of the Cuban Five Demanded in Mexico and India (July 30  acn)
• Spanish citizens Demand Visas for Wives of Cubans in US Prisons (July 29 acn)
• Vice-president of Mexican Senate Demands Visas for Adriana and Olga (July 28 antiterroristas)
• Latino Congress Demands Freedom for Cuban Five (July 24 acn)

Updated July 24(NZ)

•  Billboard Demanding Freedom of Cuban Five to Be Erected in San Francisco  (July 23 acn)
• Bolivia Condemns Politicization in the Case of the Cuban Five (July 21 acn)

Updated July 22(NZ)

• Spain for Cuban 5 Release (Escambray  - July 21)
• Cuban Five Awarded in Nicaragua (Periodico 26 - July 20)
• Olga Salanueva has been denied a US visa  for 9^th time (Anti-T- July 19)

Updated July 18 (NZ)

• Middle American Forum Supports Initiative for the Cuban Five (July 18 acn)
• Arnold August: Respect Rights of the Five (Prensa Latina)
• International Committee Demands the Right to Family Visits (RHC)
• World Personalities Demand Cuban Five’s Right to Family Visits (Cuban News Agency)
• El Salvador's Solidarity- Committee holds first Congress (Radio Rebelde)
• Californian Students Learn About Case of Cuban Five  (April 16 acn)

Updated July 14 (NZ)

• Canadian members of Parliament demand justice for the Cuban Five
• Free the Cuban 5 month – endorsement grows
• Statement from Canadian Network on Cuba

Updated July 11 (NZ)

• “Friends of Leonard Peltier” endorse Cuba Five Month

• Weinglass: "The road could be long..."
• Latin American Parliamentarians in Panama for the release of the Cuban Five
• Canadian Brigade Ratifies Solidarity with the Cuban Five
• A message from René González
• Leave Home without It - MasterCard in Cuba!

Updated July 3 (NZ)

• Freedom for the Cuban Five Demanded in the Philippines
• The Danish Communist Party Demands the Release of the Cuban Five
• Pakistan Friendship Association – new website

 Updated July 1 (NZ)

• Belgian Foreign Minister supports freedom for five Cuban anti-terrorists
• Solidarity with Cuban 5
• Minnesotans join National Actions
• CPUSA demands justice for Cuban Five
• Cuban Five appeal dismissed, Posada exhibits artworks
• The "perfect storm of bias"
• Picket lines back call to release Cuban 5

Updated June 14 (NZ)

 

• Letter to John Desrocher US Consul General Ak. New Zealand (June 12)
• Five Reasons to Stay Awake – Julie Webb-Pullman CFS Wellington (June 13)
• Round Table interview with Leonard Weinglass (transcript)
• Cuban Foreign Relations Commission condemns court ruling (Granma June 12)

• Cuba Youth Call for World Pro-Five Protest (Juventud Rebelde June 10)

Updated June 7(NZ)

• "We are going to resist until justice is done" - A Message from Gerardo (Granma June 6)

• Press release responding to Atlanta Appeals Court ruling (Granma June 6)

• Cuban Five Attorneys Will not Give up the Struggle for Justice  (RHC June 6)

• Eleventh Circuit Court Ratifies Condemnation of The Five (A-T June 6)

• Solidarity Group Urges World to Increase Actions in Favour of Cuban Five(acn June 6)

• World Protest for Cuban 5 (Prensa Latina Jun 6)

• National Lawyers Guild says politics motivated decision in Cuban Five case (A-T June 5)

Updated June 6 (NZ)

• Jurists Demand Visas for Cuban Five 's Family (Tiempo21 Jun 5)
• Protests Follows Atlanta Court Decision to Uphold Cuban Five Sentences (acn Jun 5)

• US Marches for Cuban 5 (CubaSi Jun 6)

• Urgent actions to Miami 5 ruling Write to US today and organise for October vigil (CSC Jun 6)

• CSC statement on Miami 5 appeal (CSC Jun 6)

• 11th Circuit Court upholds convictions of the Five (Granma Jun 5)

Updated June 5 (NZ)

• US National Committee ‘Breaking News’

• More ‘Breaking News’

 

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Resources

• Leonard Weinglass, Miami 5 lawyer, BBC Interview  transcript (Jan ’08)

• Mission Against Terror A documentary by Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo

 

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