Support September 13th 2008

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e-mailing from the National Network On Cuba, to invite your organization to join with us on Saturday September 13th, 2008 in Washington, DC In a Demonstration and In-door Rally to Free the Cuban Five.

As you may already know, the Cuban Five are: Five Cuban men who have been in US prisons for the last ten years, serving four life sentences and seventy five year collectively, after being arrested in September 1998 and wrongly convicted in U.S. federal court in Miami in 2001. They are: Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio Guererro, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez. Both Rene Gonzalez and Antonio Guererro are also US citizens who were born in Miami, Florida.

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 and in the USA.

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.

Also on 9 separate occasions, the U.S. government has denied entry visas to the Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernández, and Olga Salanueva, wife of René González, to visit their imprisoned husbands. It has been almost 10 years since they last embraced. Their visitation rights must be respected!

On Saturday September 13, we will convene in Washington, DC to demand their freedom and immediate visitation rights.

We are asking your organization to:

· Endorse this Demonstration by visiting: September 13 Free the Cuban 5

· Begin mobilizing and organizing buses to the September 13, demonstration

· Organize local programs on the Cuban Five, leading up to the September 13, demonstration

· Send financial and material support to the NNOC to help us continue this struggle.

Talking Points:

1. Human Rights Violations Committed Against the Cuban Five by the US Government. Cuban Five's case within the human rights violations of the US Government*

2. The Canadian Committee Talking points about the Cuban Five http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=8&gl=us

3. Current Legal Reality of the Cuban Five: National Committee to Free the Cuban Five The Cuban Five appeals process

4. Louis Pasada Carillius and other Terrorist relation to the case of the Cuban Five: granma.cu - Sudden order for Posada to stand trial America's Favorite Terrorist Goes Free Luis Posada Carriles: The Declassified Record

5. The Cuba Five and Africa: *

6. Detroit Michigan city council call for the freedom of the Cuban Five: Detroit City Council Support for the Cuban Five CubaSolidarity.com > Latest News

Thanks,

Co-chair Sobukwe Shukura