The three will be resentenced, presumably to shorter prison terms.
Posts Tagged ‘Cuban Five’
A Nobel Laureate’s plea
Justice for the Cuban Five. NY Times Op-Ed.
Cuban Five appeal in Atlanta
Bill Paparian was there on Monday for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing for the Cuban Five.
The defense attorneys told the appeals panel that prosecutors had made improper statements and the evidence used to convict was insufficient. “Every type of prosecutorial misconduct ever identified in case law occurred here, in some cases repeatedly [...]
May 11. Demand extradition of Luis Posada Carriles
After a two-year battle with immigration authorities, Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles arrived in Miami shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday after being released on $350,000 bond by a federal court in El Paso, Texas.Posada’s release is sure to unleash a firestorm in Venezuela and Cuba, where leaders accuse Posada of masterminding the bombing of [...]
Posada indicted
For lying, not for terrorism. And he could still walk. But this is still a welcome development, as it’s the first indictment inside the US for this self-admitted terrorist.
Pressure succeeds; Posada Carriles to remain in jail
Lefti on the News, who is deeply involved in the Cuban Five struggle, details how a small, highly vocal group of people made so much noise about Posada that the government was forced to keep that terrorist (he’s admitted to blowing up planes) in prison.
This is an excellent example of how people in the streets [...]
Building a movement
600 marched in DC on Saturday in support of the Cuban Five. The Five were unjustly imprisoned here because they infiltrated right-wing Cuban exile groups in Miami, groups whose members have bragged about committing serious violence, including murder, in Cuba.
This was an important demo. It drew people from 30 cities. The ANSWER Coalition was one [...]
Free the Five march and rally
There will be a nationally organized and coordinated march and rally in support of the Cuban Five tomorrow in D.C.
Lefti on the News is there, helping to organize it, with on the ground blog coverage. Several ANSWER LA organizers are there too.
The Free the Five website has complete details, with press conference coverage, photos, and [...]
Free the Cuban Five
March to White House. Sat. Sept.23
The Cuban Five received grotesquely long sentences for infiltrating right wing Cuban exile groups. They did not infiltrate or spy on the US government, only on private groups who have boasted of committing violent crimes in Cuba.
The trial was Orwellian. The government said they were ’spying’ because they took photos [...]
Anti-Castro disclosures could help `Cuban Five’
The L.A. Times today has a quite favorable article on the Cuban Five, who have been unjustly imprisoned here for spying on the US even though there was no proof they did so. Recent disclosures have shown there were, and are, serious threats to Cuba from anti-Castro Cubans and the right, thus bolstering the Five’s [...]
Court reinstates Cuban Five conviction
From the Free The Five listserv (it’s not their home page yet)
Atlanta Court acccepts the US Government’s appeals
Yesterday, October 31, 2005, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit accepted to consider the US Government’s appeals against the decision, unanimously taken by a panel of judges of the same Circuit on August [...]
More on the Cuban Five
The decision from the judges was unamimous. This was the first time ever that a verdict was voided and a new trial ordered based on the refusal of the original court to permit a change of venue.
This is a spectacular victory. A lawyer active in the Free The Five campaign told me months ago the [...]
Wahoo!
Breaking News – Cuban Five Win a New Trial!
Announcement from the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
From ANSWER LA via the Free The Five committee.
The impossible has happened, the Cuban Five, arrested and imprisoned on bogus charges, will have a new trial. The new trial was ordered based on the refusal of the [...]
Podcast: Cuban Five movie forum, Speakers
Los Angeles premiere of the new documentary film, Mission Against Terror, on the Cuban Five, Feb 26, 2005.
Speakers:
Ian Thompson – Committee to Free the Five.
Father Geoff Bottoms: Awarded Cuban Friendship Medal, Cuba solidarity organizer in England
Bernie Dwyer: Co-director of film, Reporter with Radio Havana
The film features interviews with former CIA agent Phillip Agee, Cuban Five [...]
Podcast: Cuban Five movie forum, Q and A
Father Geoff Bottoms, Cuba solidarity organizer in England, and filmmaker Bernie Dwyer, who co-directed Mission Against Terror, a documentary about the Cuban Five, answer questions from the audience after the Los Angeles premiere of the film on Feb. 26, 2005.
MP3 (12.45 MB, 35:25 min.)
