[antiwar-van] Jan 5: Join the Simultaneous Tweets for the Cuban 5 Campaign!

[Tamara Hansen]

Jan 5: Join the Simultaneous Tweets for the Cuban 5 Campaign!

The Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver would like to encourage peace
and justice loving people in Vancouver and around the world to
participate in an important international activity demanding the
release of the 5 Cuban Heroes imprisoned in the U.S.

The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 has called
for an action titled, “Simultaneous Tweets for the Cuban 5” to take
place this Saturday, January 5th. We are encouraging those that have
Twitter accounts to tweet President Obama demanding the U.S.
government free the Cuban 5. Information on how to participate in the
campaign is provided below.

Please join us in this important world-wide action demanding justice
and freedom for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero,
Fernando González and René González, the 5 Cuban Heroes.

In Solidarity,

Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 |  freethe5vancouver at gmail.com | www.freethe5vancouver.ca

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Int’l Committee Calls for Global Tweets For Release of Cuban Five
Jan 4th, 2013
http://en.cubadebate.cu/news/2013/01/04/intl-committee-calls-for-global-tweets-for-release-cuban-five/#.UOeIYcXrR04.gmail

Washington, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The International Committee for the
Freedom of five Cubans imprisoned in the United States is inviting
internet users worldwide to post messages on the Twitter social
network to demand the release of these men.
The virtual date set for the concerted tweets is Saturday, January 5,
using the tags:
#ObamaLiberalos5Ya!
#ObamaFreetheFiveNow!
#ObamaGivemeFive!
#ObamaGestoHumanitarioxlos5!

The action is planned as the first global initiative in 2013 in
solidarity with Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero,
Fernando González and René González. Four of those fighters face
severe sanctions since 1998 for monitoring violent groups established
in Miami, from where they planned actions like those that have killed
more than 3,400 people in Cuba over the last 53 years.

René was released from prison on October 7, 2011 after 13 years, and
is now serving an additional punishment sentence of three years of
supervised release in that same city.

The Committee also calls on the international community to communicate
by phone, fax or email and postcards to the White House to pressure
President Barack Obama to free the Cuban Five, as they are known
globally, and allow them to return to their native land.