[O29] Rafael Rodriguez Cruz, attorney, Updates case of Cuban 5

[LaGarza2 at cs.com]

Free the Cuban Five!
Let them go home now!

Hear an update from one of their lawyers after a three judge panel of 
the appeals court threw out their convictions. Now the US government is 
appealing the ruling to the full court.

Hear Rafael Rodriguez Cruz, a Puerto Rican attorney, practicing law in 
Hartford, Connecticut who is actively involved in the campaign to free 
the Cuban Five and for the visitation rights of their relatives. He is 
also a freelance journalist who writes on political struggles in Latin 
America. He travels frequently to Cuba, Venezuela and Argentina.

There will also be an update on Political Assassination of Filiberto 
Ojedas in Puerto Rico last week.

Thurs. Oct. 13th 7 PM
At the Harvard Democracy Center
To see the online calendar go :http://my.calendars.net/45mtauburn
45 Mt. Auburn St, Harvard Sq, Cambridge
$5 Suggested Donation

Leonard Weinglass, an attorney for the defense, said that the appeal by 
the U.S. attorney is an action that "has no adequate basis in legal 
practice." He added, "The opinion that they [the prosecution] are trying 
to challenge is the most extensive decision written on the theme of 
venue (of a trial) in the history of the United States. They don't 
consider the decision adequate, obviously for political reasons."
For their part, legal experts have recognized that the 3-judge decision 
cites such an overwhelming amount of evidence, that there is nothing 
that the prosecution can challenge factually.

Who are the Cuban Five? They are five Cuban men who are in U.S. prison 
for simply defending their country of Cuba from terrorist acts by 
extremist right-wing groups in Miami. They were sentenced from 15 years 
to two life sentences. They never harmed anyone, yet they are in prison 
while the anti-Cuba extremists whom they tried to stop are walking 
freely in Miami. How did the five Cubans try to stop them? By monitoring 
the terrorists' actions and informing Cuba of impending attacks by those 
extremist groups. They were convicted in U.S. federal court on June 8, 
2001 in a politically-charged trial: the U.S. government claimed they 
were engaged in espionage on U.S. military bases and threatened 
"national security." The espionage charge - and related charges - are a 
complete fabrication. In 14,000 pages of transcript, no espionage 
evidence was ever introduced.

Copies of this flyer can be down loaded at 
http://users.rcn.com/c.welch/Cuban_5_RR.doc

Sponsored by the July 26th Coalition of Boston info @ july26.org 
617-566-2861
www.july26.org www.freethefive.org 
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