[Ppnews] Message from Gerardo Hernandez after being released from "the hole"

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Message from Gerardo Hernandez after being released  from "the hole"

Dear Sisters and Brothers:

I am dictating these words via telephone, which 
is why I must be brief and I will not be able to 
say everything I would have liked. Yesterday 
afternoon I was removed from "the hole" with the 
same speed in which I was thrown in. I had been 
taken there supposedly because I was under 
investigation. These investigations can take up 
to three months, sometimes more, but I was there 
13 days. As a known Cuban journalist would say; 
you can draw your own conclusions...

I want to express to all of you my deep 
gratitude. You know that they were particularly 
difficult days due to the excessive heat and the 
lack of air, but you all were my oxygen. I can't 
find a better way to summarize the enormous 
importance of your solidarity efforts.

Many thanks to all the compañeras and compañeros 
from Cuba and around the world who joined their 
voices to condemn my situation. Thanks to the 
institutions, organizations and individuals of 
goodwill that in one way or another worked to bring an end to this injustice.

To our President Raúl, that so honors us with his 
support. To the Cuban National Assembly and its 
President Ricardo Alarcón, a tireless fighter for 
the cause of the Five. To my four brothers, who 
sent me messages of encouragement, and who have 
also suffered and lived under constant risk of 
suffering similar abuses. And of course, to our 
dear Commander in Chief: Thank you for so much 
honor! (I don't know if I should say it, but just 
the privilege of hearing my name in Fidel's voice 
makes me feel like thanking those who put me in "the hole"...)

Thank you Comandante, for the joy of hearing you 
and seeing you as great as ever!

Thanks to everyone for having demonstrated again 
the power of solidarity which, without a doubt, will one day make us free.

The struggle continues!

A big embrace,
Gerardo Hernández Nordelo

US Penitentiary, Victorville, CA

August 3rd, 2010

Solidarity is the Tenderness of the Peoples

After 13 days in the notorious solitary 
confinement unit of the high security Victorville 
Penitentiary, Gerardo Hernandez has been moved back to the general population.

It was the immediate response by Cuba
and the voices of solidarity from all over the 
world to the inhumane conditions that Gerardo was 
being subjected to that was key to his release.

This is a small but significant victory and 
demonstrates once again the power of united 
actions against the face of injustice.

With that same spirit and that same strength let 
us multiply our actions until Gerardo, René, 
Ramón, Antonio and Fernando return to their 
beloved homeland and their love ones.

  International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5
Stay tuned to our website with latest development 
on the case: www.thecuban5.org

info at thecuban5.org




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