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Hi to All, Just wanted to give people the opportuntiy to sign this petition please see the website for more information. Cheers Jacqui > From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: RELAUNCHING OF THE INTERNACIONAL CALL FREEDOM FOR THE FIVE CUBANS IMPRISONED IN THE UNITED STATES!> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:50:06 -0700> > > Dear friends, > > Past 4th of July the three judge panel of Appeals of Atlanta made the unjust > decision to uphold the guilty verdicts of the Cuban Five. However, the > appealing process remains on course. > > For this reason and since September 12, 2008 will mark 10 years from the > moment the Cuban Five were first incarcerated, we are re-launching this > call initially published in November 2007 and already signed by almost 7000 > distinguished persons from around the world. > > Now we are calling on you in order to ask for your support by signing this > call and to ask all of those concerned to step up efforts and actions to > inform people from the whole planet, and especially in the United States, > about the injustices committed against these men.> > As you can observe in the Web Site created with this purpose > > (www.liberenlos5.cult.cu) we included sections which permits you to write > down your signature, to record any action or initiative you believe could be > useful to support this cause and to obtain additional information on the > issue.> > If you also wish to contact us directly you could use the following E. Mail: > [log in to unmask]> > Best regards,> > Network of Networks In Defense of Humanity> > NOTE: Below the Call as it appears in the Web Site:> > [log in to unmask]> > > RELAUNCHING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CALL FREEDOM FOR THE > FIVE CUBANS IMPRISONED IN THE UNITED STATES!> > On June 4, 2008, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals > of Atlanta made the unjust decision to uphold the guilty verdicts of the > Cuban Five ; however, the appeal process remains on course. > > September 12, 2008 will mark 10 years since the Cuban Five were first > incarcerated; as such, we are re-launching this call made in November > 2007 and signed by many well known personalities from around the world. > > We are calling on you now to give your support by signing this call and we > also ask all of those concerned to step up efforts and actions to inform > people from around the planet, and especially in the United States, about > the injustices committed against these men that while working to protect > Cuba against terrorism were defending the interests and the security of the > people of the United States and of all humanity! > > FREEDOM FOR THE FIVE CUBANS IMPRISONED IN THE UNITED > STATES! > > For more than nine years now, five Cubans have remained imprisoned in > the United States. On their shoulders rest lengthy convictions, resulting > from a politicized trial held in the city of Miami. The Five were helping > monitor the terrorist plans orchestrated against Cuba from Florida by far > right-wing Cuban groups. > > The Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, attached to the UN's former > Commission on Human Rights, declared their detention to be arbitrary, and > a three-judge panel, tasked with examining the case at the Atlanta Appeals > Court, unanimously agreed to nullify the trial and instructed that the > sentences delivered in Miami be repealed. Afterwards, in a split vote, the > Court dismissed that decision; and the case is still going through the appeal > process. > > The Five have remained in isolation in maximum security prisons, under > ruthless conditions of reclusion, in violation of their human rights and of the > very laws of the United States. Two of them have been deprived of the > right to be visited by their wives. > > We join our voices to all those in the world that call for the immediate end > to this enormous injustice. We must not give up on this endeavor until truth > prevails and these men return to their homeland and to their families.> > > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your Facebook friends to chat on Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719649/direct/01/ ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask]