[antiwar-van] Vancouver Events: Intl Days of Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes!

[Tamara Hansen]

INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION TO FREE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES!

June 6-8, 2009

Over 170 people representing 40 countries came together from May 11-12 in Havana, Cuba for the 2nd International Youth Summit on the Cuban Five Heroes. Many topics were discussed ranging from the case itself to the campaign which needs to be built to liberate the 5 Heroes. One of the decisions agreed upon at the summit was to organize an international period of action from June 6-8, 2009. 

We are expecting to hear a decision in mid June from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether or not they will review the case of the 5 held unjustly in U.S. prisons. Events will take place around the world leading up to the release of the Supreme Court decision to show the public support for the Cuban 5 heroes and demanding that the U.S. government immediately free the 5 Anti-Terrorist Cuban Heroes! 

>>> Vancouver Events:

1))) Sunday June 7th

Report Back from Cuba
6:30pm
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood House, 
800 E. Broadway (1 block east of Fraser St.) 

The event will feature video presentations, slideshow, music, food and more!
Come to hear a report back from Tamara Hansen, Aaron Mercredi in Vancouver, and  Alison Bodine (via satellite from New York) members of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) & the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver, from the 2nd International Youth Summit on the Case of the Cuban 5 which took place from May 11-12 2009 in Havana, Cuba.
 

2))) Monday June 8th

Protest Picket Action
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in U.S. Jails!
4pm-5pm    
U.S. Consulate, 1075 W. Pender St. (Downtown Vancouver)

Join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver in our 42nd monthly protest to free the 5 Cuban Heroes. 

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The Case of the Cuban 5: Over 10 Years of Injustice
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Between 1994 and 1995, Cuba sent five unarmed men, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René González to infiltrate and expose Miami-based terrorist groups. These groups and others are responsible for hundreds of terrorist attacks which have taken the lives of more than 3,400 people in Cuba since 1959. The well documented list of atrocities committed by these groups and others is long. The 5 Cuban Heroes were gathering evidence to expose the terrorists responsible for these crimes against Cuba and humanity.

Cuba released all the information that the 5 collected on exiled Cuban terrorists to the FBI. However, on September 12th 1998, the FBI arrested the Cuban 5 and threw them in solitary confinement for 17 months. The 5 Cuban Heroes have been unjustly held in US prisons for over 10 years.

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Vancouver events organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver  
604.657.1531 
cuban5_van at yahoo.com 
For more information:
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html




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