Free the Cuban Five

 

According to the information supplied by the International Press, on August 9, 2005, the Court of Appeals of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Atlanta declared null and void the decision passed in Miami which had condemned Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, René González Sehwerert, Ramón Labañino Salazar, Antonio Guerrero Rodríguez and Fernando González Llort for infiltrating the extremist Cuban American groups in the south of Florida in order to obtain information about terrorist activities directed against Cuba. Their prison sentences have already been declared illegal by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.

For the past seven years, these five young men have been held in maximum security prisons; they have been held incommunicado in isolated cells for long periods of time and two of them have been denied the right to receive family visits.

At this present time, considering the nullification of the sentence, nothing justifies their incarceration. This arbitrary situation which is extremely painful for them and their families, cannot be allowed to continue. We, who have signed below, are demanding their immediate liberation.

 

Wole Soyinka
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Nadine Gordimer
Desmond Tutu
Rigoberta Menchú
Noam Chomsky
Oscar Niemeyer
Mario Benedetti
Harry Belafonte
Pablo González Casanova
Ernesto Cardenal
Thiago de Mello
Danny Glover
Eduardo Galeano
Alice Walker
Manu Chao
Atilio Borón
Francois Houtart
Ignacio Ramonet
Luis Sepúlveda
Tariq Ali
Ramsey Clark
Gianni Miná
Frei Betto
Miguel Bonasso
Howard Zinn
Jorge Sanjinés
Rusell Banks
Alfonso Sastre
León Rozitchner
Gianni Vattimo
Belén Gopegui
Jorge Enrique Adoum
Tato Pavlovsky
Pascual Serrano
Juan Mari Brás
James Petras
Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez
Silvia Iparraguirre
Abelardo Castillo
Volodia Teitelboim
Rosa Regás
Ramón Chao
Salim Lamrani
Daniel Ortega
Michel Collon
Eric Toussaint
Emir Sader
Ariel Dorfman
Saul Landau
Theotonio dos Santos
Istvan Mestzaros
Victor Flores Olea
Walter Tournier
Silvio Rodríguez
Daniel Viglietti
Victor Heredia
Pablo Milanés
Beth Carvalho
Danny Rivera
Fernando Morais
Keith Ellis
Alicia Alonso
Hebe de Bonafini
Raúl Zurita
James Cockcroft
Giulio Girardi
Paulo Lins
Juan Bañuelos
Marco Martos
Rémy Herrera
Carlo Frabetti
Hernando Calvo Ospina
James Early
Wim Dierckxsens
Joseph Mulligan
Fernando Birri
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Martin Almada
Eusebio Leal Spengler
Amiri Baraka
Amina Baraka
Cintio Vitier
Fina García Marruz
Marcos Roitman
Georges Labica
Heinz Dieterich
Pierre Kalfon
Roy Brown
Chiqui Vicioso
Andrés Sorel
Jorge Ruffinelli
Graziella Pogolotti
Richard Gott
Alfredo Guevara
Oscar González
Lisandro Otero
Domenico Losurdo
Eva Forest
Luis Britto
Isabel Parra
Victor Victor
Frank Fernández
Constantino Bértolo
Julio García Espinosa
Luciano Vasapollo
Omara Portuondo
Hildebrando Pérez Grande
Schafik Handall
Andy Spahn
Miguel Barnet
Henri Alleg
Roberto Fabelo
Ann Sparanese
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Vicente Feliú
Jane Franklin
Tomás Borge
Tony Word
Gaspar Llamazares
Nora de Izcue
Alex Cox
Edgardo Lander
Coriún Aharonián
Noel Colón Martínez
Leo Brower
Faheem Hussain
Paul-Emile Dupret
Jesusa Rodríguez
Liliana Felipe
Carlos Gallisá
Raúl Pérez Torres
Osvaldo Martínez
Claribel Alegria
Raúl Suaréz
Robert R. Bryan
Juan Madrid
Abelardo Estorino
Diamela Eltit
Jaime Augusto Shelley
Kofi Taha
John Beverley
Ben Treuhaft
Arnoldo Mora
Michael Avery
Fidel Castro Díaz Balart
Tarek William Saab
Michelle Gross
Jorge Nadal
Edmundo Aray
Francisco Jarauta
Nancy Morejón
Jhannett Madriz Sotillo
Cristián Tattembach Yglesias
Stella Calloni
Gilberto López y Rivas
Manuel Cabieses
Miguel D’Escoto
Fernando Butazzoni
Tubal Páez
Carlos Martí
Alpidio Alonso
José Steinsleger
Manuel Talens
Beverly Keene
Néstor Kohan
Carlos Taibo
Eric-Holt Gimenez
Hans Otto Dill
Aldo Díaz Lacayo
Vicente Battista
Ana de Skalon
Luciano Alzaga
Christian Parenti
Arnel Medina Cuenca
Ida Rodríguez Prampolini
Adolfo Colombres
Montserrat Ponsa i Tarrés
Claudio Katz
Lee Lorch
Alessandra Riccio
Alcira Argumedo
Julio Fontanet
Alain Lambert
John Saxe Fernandez
Alan Woods
Jesús Orta Ruíz
Husni Abdel Wahed
Fernando Alonso
Douglas Valentine
Juan Martín
Jaime Sarusky
Leo Gabriel
Pedro Rivera
Daniel Vaca Narvaja
Rosita Fornés
Héctor Pesquera Sevillano
Claufe Rodríguez
Plinio de Arruda Sampaio Jr
Celina González
Michael Lebowitz
Marta Harnecker
Augusto Boal
Beto Almeida
Noelle Narran
Gennaro Carotenuto
Julio Rodríguez Puértolas
Adán Chávez Frías
Isidora Aguirre
Kintto Lucas
María de los Angeles Santana
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Marta Rojas
Gloria la Riva
Richard Becker
Angel Guerra
Carlos Fernández Liria
Harold Gramatges
Carlos Fazio
Andrés Thomas Conteris
César López
Irene Amador
Isaura Navarro
José Antonio Rodríguez
Alan Mills
Esther Borja
Octavio Cortázar Tunai
Loipa Araujo
Sandra Levinson
Quintín Cabrera
Amaury Pérez
Emeka Udemba
Pablo Armando Fernández
Humberto Solás
Verónica Lynn
Marina Minucci
Josefina Méndez
Senel Paz
Horacio Cerutti-Guldberg
Héctor Díaz-Polanco
Luis Carbonell
Carmen Bohórquez
Carilda Oliver Labra
Guillermo Núñez
Sergio Rodriguez Lazcano
Nelson P.Valdés
Pablo Guayasamín
Alfredo Vera
Javier Corcuera
Alejandro Moreano
Saskia Guayasamín
Alejandro Torres
Miren Uriarte
Bob Guild
Marcos Reyes Dávila
Steve Brouwer
Ana Esther Ceceña
Arturo Corcuera
Javier Ortiz
Reynaldo González
Antonio Maira
Santiago Alba Rico
Vicente Revuelta
Rosario Murillo
Pablo Marcano García
Angel Augier
Eduardo Roca
Chiara Varesse
Alfredo Sosabravo
Luis Rosa Pérez
Richard Egües
Mercedes C. de Meroño
Orlando Núñez
Soledad Bianchi
Ramiro Guerra Suárez
Oscar René Vargas
Anibal Quijano
Marilia Guimarães
Héctor Quintero
Saúl Arana
Carlos Raúl Argüelles
Rogelio Martínez Furé
Francoise Lopez
Alberto Méndez
Nicolas Frize
Zenaida Armenteros
Jean Ortiz
Adigio Benitez
Cristy Domínguez
Juan Luis Martin
Patricio Pardo
Aurora Basnuevo
Evel A. de Petrini
Maria Antonia Antoine
Armando Soler
Cristine Tarquis
Ricardo Antunes
Jeremy M. Glick
Higinio Polo
Juan Blanco
Roberto Argüello Hurtado
Alejandro Horowicz
Brian Becker
Sarah Guggenheim-Deri
Jean Ives Guezenec
Claude Marks
Eduardo Heras León
Matías Bosch
Osneldo García
Raúl Fornet-Betancourt
Humberto Tumini
Jorge Ceballos
Felipe Meneses
Electo Silva
Lito Borillo
Hector Santarén
César Portillo de la Luz
Antonio Vidal
Jorge Farinacci García
Marcelo Cafiso
Norberto Galazo
Fernando Ramón Bossi
Sara Rosemberg
Estela Fernández Nadal
Francisco Berdichevsky
Cipe Fridman
Mario Hernández
Jorge Beinstein
Milagros Rivera
Beatriz Rajland
Daniel de Santis
Julia Constenla
Osvaldo Gallone
Lucía Alvarez de Toledo
Rubén Dri
Andrés Soliz Rada
Luis Fernando Novoa Garzon
Ivana Jinkings
Mano Mell
José Arbex Jr
K. Beeman
Carlos Varea
Jean-Pierre Daubois
José Juan Nazario de la Rosa
Omar Lara
Juana Donoso Casanellas
Justo Soto Castellanos
Sergio Zúñiga Pavio
Julián Sabogal Tamayo
John Walton Cotman
Pablo Guadarrama
Rita Martufi
Mario Sáenz
Raúl Izquierdo Canosa
Daniel del Solar
Eugenio Hernández Espinosa
Guillermo Almeyra
Berta Martínez López
Miguel Cruz
Manuel Rodríguez
Marta P. de Badillo
Hilda Oates William
Domingo Aragú
Antonio Scocozza
José Loyola
Nayar López Castellanos
Juan Brom
José Ramón Artigas
Domenico Jervolino
José Villa
Alicia Castellanos Guerrero
Ivair Coelho Itagiba
Carlos Padrón
Camilo Soares
Rafael Trelles
Francisco López Sacha
Rogger Tabeada
Enrique González
Yuliana Valenzuela
Cecilia Conde
Claudia Korol
Catherine Murphy
Francisco Alonso
Dario López Desvar
Omar Felipe Mauri
Yamandú Acosta
Manuel Hernández
Orlando García
Antonio Alberto Pérez
Gervasio Morales Rodríguez
Hebe P. de Mascia
Julio Miguel Llánes
Sarah Peish
Roberto Bullón
Ernesto Agüero
Carlos Tamayo
Juana M. de Pargament
Jorge Hidalgo
Lucía Muñoz
Jorge Núñez
Oscar Ugarteche
Rodulfo Vaillant
Marcelo Larrea
Eduardo Tamayo G
John Pateman
Jose Rodena
Iosu Perales
José Mendi
José Manuel Martín Medem
Francisco José Pérez Esteban
Elvira de Triana
Mauricio Valiente
Pepe Mejía
Raúl Wiener
Miguel Riera
Juan José Tamayo Acosta
René Weber
Teodoro Buarque de Holanda
Arturo Robles Arias
Raquel Arias
Manuel Lidón Medina
Marcello Guimarães
María Suárez Santos
Luisa Campuzano
Alida Millán Ferrer
Zenobia Marcano
Rafael Pla-Lopez
Mariano Pujadas
Luis García Céspedes
Alfredo Diez Nieto
Ricardo Santos Ramos
Beat Dietschy
Juan Camacho Moreno
Roberto Jiménez Maggiolo
Gutenberg Charquero
Ana Luisa Escobar
Mauricio Langón
Adolfo Alfonso
Marelis Pérez Marcano
Alba Carosio
Nelson Guzmán
Jessica Vargas
Alicia Jrapko
Bill Hackwell
Domingo Rafael Ojeda Liendo
Angela Nocioni
Georges Bartoli
Maritza Pérez
Juan Santiago Nieves
Elizardo Martínez
Hélène Boulais
Darrel Furlotte
Virginia Fontes
Alberto Rabilotta
Celia P. de Prósperi
María Elisa H. de Landín
Ada F. de Senar
Elsa F. de Manzotti
María N. de Gutman
María del Carmen O
Elena S. de Gerbilski
Angel Parra
James Sober
Carmela Prizzi de Lago
Visitación Folgueiras de Loyola
Nadya Ricny
Josefina N. de Paludi
Irene Lizzi de Córtez
Rosa A. de Camarotti
Claudia P. de San Martín
Aurelio Narvaja
Lorenzo Osores
Fabio Basilone
Maria José Caramez
Leticia Spiller
Jalusa Barcelos
Olny Freitas
Terezinha Limeira
Judy Wicks
Jesus Chediak
Monica Montone
Carmen Vargas
Geraldo Moreira
José Caramez
Vivaldo Franco
João Grillo
João Braga
Caique Botkay
Paula Nobrega
Andrea Paola
Iedo Ivo
Dalmo Marins
Inês Gomide
Alexandre Brandão
Anne Lamouche
Diane Ladjouzi
Jean-Pierre Marguerat
Juliette Mabille
Patrick Perez Secheret
Juliette Mabille
Roland Labarre
Serge Lengendre
Marc-Olivier Gavois
Aurélien Gavois
Martine Bonmati
Marie-France Fovet
Bruno Drweski
Ivan Lavelle
Louis Michel Bonnemaire
David Lopez
Eric Lopez
Pierre Sahores Nemours
Francis Le Herisse
Jean-Pierre Page
Tania Noctiumnes
Jean-Pierre Neel
Freddy Ernesto Ilanga Ilunga
Danielle Bleitrach
Hiram Guadalupe Pérez
Pedro Varela Fernández
Rita E. Zengotita
Neeltje van Marissing Méndez
Carlos Muñiz Pérez
Madeline Ramírez
Marilena Román
Ebenecer López Ruyol
Rodolfo Sandino Argüello
Mariano Barahona
Ramón Leets
Álvaro Ramírez
Edwin Castro
Gustavo Porras
Ernesto Aburto
Edgardo García
Dora Zeledón
Sixto Ulloa
Roberto González
Nelson Artola
Rita Fletes
Jacinto Suárez
Orlando Sobalvarro
Álvaro Argüello Hurtado
Uriel Molina Oliú
Rafael Aragón
Indiana Acevedo
H. Margarita Zavala
Arnaldo Zenteno S.J
Jeanne Laurent
Alain Matiz
Alfredo Lo Picollo
Annie Boudin
Carlos Ruiz-Eldredge
Claude Vatican
Denis Lemercier
Henri Boudin
Jacqueline Coignard
Jacques Leyrat
Laurence Choko
Luis Diego Romero
Michel Maillet
Mireille Guézénec
Mireille Matiz
Miriam Hernández Salazar
Raquel Zamorano
Roberto Flores Guevara
Stans Choko
Virgilio Ponce
Fernando García
Deborah James
Ana Perez
Ariel Golan
Sterling Evans
Shirley Pate
Favianna Rodríguez
David Kent Peterson
Lucien Lenoire
Joanne Schwarz
Suzanne Ross
Chesa Boudin
Ann F. Schafer
Anne Marie Lamb
Ronald Margolis
Ed Rimbaugh
Alex Turner
Cindy Domingo
Richard Levins
Dana Kaplan
Morgan Alexander
Francisco Guzmán Pasos
Millard A. Murphy
Víctor Winer
Al Campbell
Kirsten Moller
Ivy Meeropol
Thomas Ambrose
Rachel Bruhnke
Sonja de Vries
Karil Daniels
Lydia Howell
Hunter Lenihan
Derrel Myers
Naomi White
Joan Malerich
Tony Prokott
Daniel Alvin
Arturo Roig
Eliézer Meleán
Ivonne Caldera
Orlando Zabaleta Polo
Gilberto Maringoni
Mário Augusto Jakobskind
José Artur Poerner
Elsa Neves Moraes
Eugene R. Murphy
Dee Brooks
Gloria Berrocal
Javier Maqua
Jim Diers
Gaudêncio Frigotto
João Quartim de Moraes
Paulo Tumolo
Fernando Antonio Lourenço
Claudia Nogueria
Dana Lubow
Victor Wallis
Leslie Reindl
Katalina Montero
Gaudêncio Frigotto
João Quartim de Moraes
Paulo Tumolo
Fernando Antonio Lourenço.

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Tariq Ali is the author of The Obama Syndrome (Verso).