[antiwar-van] *TODAY* Bowen Island for the 5 Cuban Heroes & The Yellow Ribbon Campaign BC, Canada

[Tamara Hansen]

International Days of Action Marking 15 Years of Unjust Imprisonment!
Today - 6th action for the Cuban 5 heroes in British Columbia, Canada 

STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS! 
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE! 
FREE ALL THE CUBAN 5 HEROES NOW!

*Bowen Island, BC*
Cultural and Political Event for the 5 Heroes!
SUNDAY September 15
4:00PM
Cates Hill Chapel (661 Carter Road)

Featuring speakers, live music from Joose Justis, poetry, a kids' corner & the film "The Cuban Wives" 

"The Cuban Wives" - A story of love and resistance, this new documentary by Italian director, Alberto Antonio Dandolo, explores their case and focuses on the international struggle for their freedom being led by their loved ones. 

Click here for an inspiring article written by Samantha Sarra in the Bowen Island Undercurrent: 
http://www.bowenislandundercurrent.com/opinion/222586081.html

For more info on Bowen Island event: 604-363-5008

Today's event on Bowen Island is the 6th in a series of successful actions for the Cuban 5 in British Columbia, Canada from September 12-15. The Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver, together in unity with other Cuba solidarity activists, groups, and supporters of the Cuban 5 heroes in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Bowen Island and greater Vancouver, joined together to mark 15 years that the Cuban 5 have been cruelly and unjustly held in U.S. prisons. 

The Cuban 5 heroes are five Cuban intelligence officers that the Cuban government sent to Miami to infiltrate US-backed right-wing terrorist organizations and prevent terrorist activities against their homeland. In 1998 the U.S. government arrested the Cuban 5 and they have faced outrageous prison sentences from 15 years to double-life plus 15 years, 17 months of solitary confinement, and the denial of family visits. Despite this, the Cuban 5 heroes have never for one moment given up their struggle for dignity and freedom and have always declared their innocence.

*NEW YELLOW RIBBON CAMPAIGN*

In May of 2013, René González, one of the Cuban 5 returned to Cuba. It is with this great victory, and the commitment of people all over the world to fight until the 4 remaining Cuban heroes are free from U.S. jails, that we mark the 15 years since their arrest and imprisonment. 

From his home in Cuba, René González has launched a new Yellow Ribbon campaign for the Cuban 5 heroes. René has asked the people of Cuba to saturate the island with yellow ribbons, as a symbol of their desire to see all of their 5 heroes return. The Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver and supporters of the Cuban 5 are bringing the Yellow Ribbon campaign to the streets of British Columbia. As René has said, "My desire is that on September 12 yellow ribbons will appear in trees, on balconies, on people's arms, on their pets or however they want to display it." 

Click here for the music video of the campaign recorded by Cuban artists "Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLiglq5asQ

Click here for radio interview on Vancouver's America Latina al Dia about the Cuban 5 and the Yellow Ribbon campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdV7CK1_LYQ

On these days, our united voices will be echoed in British Columbia, Cuba, the United States and all around the world as we tie yellow ribbons and protest this anniversary, demanding immediate freedom for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando González.

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Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-518-7361|freethe5vancouver at gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
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