[Ppnews] Cuban 5 - New sentences for Ramon and Fernando

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National Committee To Free the Cuban Five Bulletin

New Sentences for Ramón and Fernando
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Dear Friends of the Cuban Five,

Today in a courtroom of the U.S. District Court 
for the Southern District of Florida packed with 
supporters of the Cuban Five including family 
members of Ramón Labañino and Fernando González, 
Ramón and Fernando were resentenced.

Ramón received a 30-year sentence, reduced from 
life in prison. Fernando received a sentence of 
17 years and 9 months, reduced from his original sentence of 19 years.

Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National 
Committee to Free the Cuban Five, said "Sisters 
and brothers, today in the courtroom, the dignity 
and courage of our brothers Fernando and Ramon 
was visible for all to see, as was that of 
Antonio when he was resentenced on Oct. 13. We 
commit ourselves more than ever to fight for the 
immediate freedom of the Cuban Five, and for the 
right of Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez to 
receive visas to visit their husbands Rene González and Gerardo Hernández."

A new stage in the Cuban Five freedom fight has 
just begun. We urge Cuban Five supporters around 
the world to initiate new actions and continue 
the struggle with renewed vigor until the Five are free.

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Statement issued by Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and Ramón Labañino
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Dear Sisters and Brothers from Cuba and from all over the World:

We have already served more than 11 years in 
prison and there is still no justice at any level of the American legal system.

Three of us have come to the Miami Court to be 
re-sentenced due to an order from the Eleventh 
Circuit Court of Appeals, which determined that 
our sentences had been erroneously imposed.

Our brother Gerardo Hernández, who is serving two 
life terms plus 15 years, has been arbitrarily 
excluded from this re-sentencing process. His 
situation remains the principal injustice in our 
case. The US Government is well aware of the 
falseness of the accusations against him and the unfairness of his sentence.

This has been a complex process, difficult and 
much discussed in every detail, in which we 
participated along with our counsels. We did not 
give an inch in our principles, decorum and 
honor, always defending our innocence and the dignity of our Homeland.

Just as it did at the moment of our arrest and at 
other occasions during these long years, the US 
Government proposes now that we collaborate to 
obtain more benevolent sentences. Once again, we 
have rejected such proposals, something that we 
never will accept under any circumstances.

Present in the results of these re-sentencing 
hearings are the work of the legal team and the 
indestructible solidarity of all of you.

It is significant that the US Government, for the 
first time in 11 years, was obliged to recognize 
that we did not cause any damage to its national security.

Also, for the first time, the prosecutor publicly 
recognized the existence of a strong 
international movement in support of our 
immediate freedom, a movement that affects the 
image of the US judicial system in the eyes of the international community.

Once again the absolute political character of this process is confirmed.

We the Five are punished for accusations that 
never have been proved. Although three of our 
sentences were partially reduced, the injustice remains for all of us.

The Cuban-American terrorists continue to enjoy total impunity.

We reiterate: The Five are innocent!

We feel profoundly moved and grateful for the 
permanent solidarity that you give us, so crucial 
in this long battle for justice.

Together with you, we will continue until the 
final victory, which only will be reached with 
the return of the Five to our Homeland.

Antonio Guerrero
Fernando González
Ramón Labañino
Miami, December 8, 2009
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Free the Cuban Five Now!
Allow the families' visits!
Grant entry visas to
Adriana Pérez and Olga Salanueva!




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