[antiwar-van] Oct. 5th Int'l Day of Action: Free the 5 Cuban Heroes! Justice for Victims of Anti-Cuba Terrorism!

[Tamara Hansen]

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-International Day of Action-

FREE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES NOW!

83rd MONTHLY PROTEST ACTION IN VANCOUVER, CANADA!

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Please join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver for our 83rd
monthly picket action in front of the U.S. Consulate to demand:
>>>FREE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES NOW!
>>>LET RENÉ GONZÁLEZ RETURN TO CUBA NOW!
>>>JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF ANTI-CUBAN TERRORISM NOW!
>>>EXTRADITE LUIS POSADA CARRILES TO FACE TRIAL IN VENEZUELA NOW!
>>>GRANT VISAS TO OLGA SALANUEVA & ADRIANA PEREZ NOW!

FRIDAY
October 5, 2012
4-5pm
U.S. Consulate (Downtown, Vancouver)
1075 W. Pender St. @ Thurlow

October 6th marks an important historical moment for the Cuban people
and the case of the 5 Cuban Heroes. On that date in 1976, a bomb
exploded mid-air on Cubana Flight #455 killing all 73 innocent
passengers. The bombing was planned by a man who has admitted to
journalists for having organized the crime, terrorist Luis Posada
Carriles. This is but one example of terrorism organized by Posada and
the anti-Cuba mafia in Miami. Terrorist activities by groups and
individuals from Miami against Cuba have claimed the lives of almost
3,500 people. Today the terrorists, like Posada, walk freely in Miami,
while 4 of the 5 Cuban Heroes remain in prison and the 5th Rene
Gonzalez must remain unjustly on parole in Florida against his will
for three years unable to go back to his family in Cuba.

The Venezuelan Government is demanding the U.S. Government comply with
an extradition treaty between the two countries in order to have
Posada extradited to Venezuela where he was already charged with his
terrorist crimes before the U.S. government helped him to escape. We
will also be protesting to demand that the U.S. Government honour the
treaty and extradite Posada to Venezuela to face trial for his
terrorist crimes.

The Free the Cuban 5 Committee – Vancouver urges all peace loving
people and social justice activists in Vancouver to join us for this
International Day of Action on October 5th, the 36th anniversary of
the terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight #455, to demand:
>>>JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF ANTI-CUBAN TERRORISM NOW!
>>>EXTRADITE POSADA TO FACE TRIAL IN VENEZUELA NOW!
>>>FREE THE CUBAN 5 NOW!

To see the poster for the protest action please visit:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2012/121005-free-the-cuban-5-picket.pdf

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WHO ARE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES?

Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González
and René González, also known as the Cuban 5, are currently serving
outrageously long sentences including even a double-life sentence plus
fifteen years. They were wrongly accused and convicted in a U.S.
Federal Court of “conspiracy to commit espionage” and other fabricated
charges. The 5 were actually unarmed men involved in monitoring
Miami-based terrorist organizations, which since 1959 have been
responsible for the deaths of over 3,400 people in Cuba, including one
resident of Canada, Fabio di Celmo, in 1997. Through their important
work, these 5 men were able to prevent further deaths in Cuba.

Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | freethe5vancouver at gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/

For more information:
http://www.antiterroristas.cu/
http://www.freethefive.org/
http://www.thecuban5.org/