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Tomorrow in Washington DC : Protest for the Cuban 5

11:00 H | Topics: Activism - Cuba - Washington DC

The Cuban Five are five Cuban men who are in U.S. prisons, serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively, after being arrested in September 1998 and wrongly convicted in U.S. federal court in Miami in 2001.

They are Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González. They were falsely accused by the U.S. government of committing espionage conspiracy against the United States, and related charges.

But the Five pointed out vigorously in their defense that they were fighting terrorism — they were monitoring the actions of CIA-backed Miami-based terrorist groups, in order to prevent attacks on Cuba.
The Five’s actions were never directed at the U.S.government. They never harmed anyone nor ever possessed nor used any weapons while in the United States.

Saturday, September 13, Washington, DC

* 10 am: Morning Rally at Malcolm X Park, 15th St. & Euclid NW.
* 12 noon: March to the White House
* 2:30 pm: Indoor Rally at SEIU Building
1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 1st Floor Auditorium, by Dupont Circle

For more information visit The Cuban 5 official website.

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