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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 9, [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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.) Ian Thompson of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five speaks about their case, the appeals, and the new documentary “Mission Against Terror. The Case of the Cuban Five.” The Cuban Five are serving grotesquely harsh prison terms in the US. Why? They bravely infiltrated private terrorist groups in Miami, groups that have been [...] The Cuban Five Excerpts from a speech by Ian Thompson of the National Committee to Free the Five. Ian, a lawyer, has spent countless hours working pro bono on this case, and is a friend and fellow ANSWER LA volunteer. “<The Cuban Five> were sent to the United States by the Cuban government in the [...] |  | ||||
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