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Alarcon defends support for ‘Cuban Five’ |
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"We maintain that these men were working against terrorism. Since the beginning, this was clearly a political case." Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba’s National Assembly, talks with NBC News’ Mary Murray about the ongoing legal dispute over the so-called “Cuban Five” – five Cubans convicted in the U.S. in 2001 for serving as unregistered agents of a foreign country. |
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Weinglass: 'The road could be long...' |
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Lawyer pointed out that "the road could be long" in the process of freeing The Five.
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ATLANTA COURT RULES AGAINST THE CUBAN FIVE |
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With this ruling the Eleventh Circuit Court has ratified the decision of the original Miami court in denying motions presented by the defense for a change of venue and a new trial. The ruling adopted by the Atlanta court does not take into account the atmosphere of violence and intimidation that exists in Miami, nor the most recent things that have occurred in the city and been reported by the local press. This is not the end of the case. Far from it. We appeal to all the honest people in the world to join the International Days of Action for their freedom from September 12 to October 6. |
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Unprecedented Atlanta decision |
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JUST one year after the decision of a panel of three judges in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, who unanimously overturned the Miami trial of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters and annulled the sentences handed down, the plenary of that judicial instance has just rejected the application for a retrial, and decided to send back to the three-judge panel the rest of the questions that they did not discuss. |
