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<font size=4><b>Statement from the International Committee for the
Freedom of the Cuban 5<br>
</b></font><font size=3>August 12, 2011 <br>
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The coming weeks will be critical in the upcoming closure of the Habeas
Corpus process for Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, condemned unjustly to two
life sentences. The US government continues to deny Gerardo his basic
right to be heard by the justice system.<br>
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On April 25, U.S. prosecutor Caroline Heck Miller asked the federal court
of Miami to reject his extraordinary Habeas Corpus appeal. On that
occasion we asked: "What does the prosecution fear by letting
Gerardo exercise his right to present his arguments to the court and
request alleged evidence against him?"<br>
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New evidence has emerged that the Miami journalists who demonized the
five in their coverage leading up to and during the trial, thus creating
bias and influencing the jury, received a quarter of a million dollars
from the U.S. government. This obstruction of justice by the government
is one of the arguments Gerardo plans to present at the hearing.<br>
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For the past 12 days the Cuban Parliament has denounced the U.S.
government's denial of access to legal documents related to his case as
arbitrary actions against Gerardo.<br>
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Together with 10 Nobel Prize winners, thousands of artists and
intellectuals, parliaments and governments (paraphrasing recent
statements by Obama) we say: It is time that Gerardo Hernández and his
four compañeros are freed. Even if just for humanitarian reasons, after
15 years of unjust imprisonment, it is time that the Five be freed. We do
not expect something different from U.S. courts, but we believe that the
U.S. government should make the right decision to allow the return of the
Five to their families. <br>
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Obama can use his executive powers outlined in the U.S. Constitution to
liberate the Five. It's time for him to listen to international demands
and end this injustice.<br>
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Please send telegrams, faxes and e-mail to the White House and all U.S.
embassies based in your country demanding an end to the illegal and
arbitrary treatment against Gerardo Hernández Nordelo. <br>
To send an e-mail message visit:
<a href="http://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/CONTACT">
HTTP://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/CONTACT</a> <br>
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Phone: 1 + 202. 456-1111 <br>
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Fax: 1 +202. 456-2461 <br>
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Address: <br>
President Barack Obama <br>
The White House <br>
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW <br>
Washington, DC 20500 <br>
EE.UU. <br>
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International solidarity will continue until the Five return to their
homeland and their families. <br><br>
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5. <br><br>
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