[NYTr] British Activists Hold Vigil To Honor Cuban Five

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British Activists Hold Vigil To Honor Cuban Five

Havana, Oct 9 (acn) Members of the British "Campaign in Solidarity with
Cuba" organization held a vigil Tuesday in front of the US embassy in
London to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the imprisonment of five
Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in US jails.

During the vigil, the activists demanded the release of Antonio
Guerrero, Gerardo Hernandez. Ramon Labanino, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene
Gonzalez, internationally known as the Cuban Five, who were detained in
1998 for trying to prevent the terrorist actions organized by right-wing
anti-Cuba organizations based in Florida. They were charged with
terrorism and punished with extremely harsh sentences despite the
antiterrorist nature of their mission.

Director of the Campaign in Solidarity with Cuba, Rob Miller, spoke at
the vigil, as well as the General Secretary of the National Union of
Journalists (NUJ) and member of the British Parliament, Jeremy Corbyn.

Mr. Miller said Washington clearly shows its double-standard policy on
antiterrorism by keeping the Five behind bars for fighting against
terrorism.

For his part, Jeremy Corbyn pointed out the support received by the Five
around the world despite the wall of silence of the mainstream media on
their case. He called on the British people to join the international
campaign undertaken for the freedom of the five political prisoners who
have already received the support of the Amnesty International and the
United Nations.