Journalists from the central province of Sancti Spiritus issued a final declaration at the Provincial Press Congress demanding the immediate release of the Cuban Five –the antiterrorist fighters who for over 13 years have been imprisoned in the United States.

During the opening session of the congress, which will run through November 9, Chair of the Sancti Spiritus branch of the Cuban Association of Journalists (UPEC) Humberto Concepción Toledo urged members of this organization to use the media to effectively denounce this injustice and demand the return of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez to Cuba.

He said that Judge Joan Lenard of the Southern District of Florida is further punishing Rene Gonzalez –the first of the Cuban Five to be released– by making him spend three more years on supervised release in Florida, where his life is at risk.
The participants asked President Barack Obama to use his powers to release the Cuban men.

"In the 1990s,” reads the final declaration of the congress, “five young men left this country to fight terrorism in Florida, where terrorists not only enjoy freedom and impunity, they are also paid tribute by official U.S. institutions.”

The document further notes that the victims of terrorism in Cuba amount to more than 5,570 people, all of them killed or injured in actions sponsored by the U.S. government.

"To avoid that this list continues to increase, the Cuban Five left their families behind. The “reward” U.S. Justice had for these men was harsh sentences," the declaration adds.
The eleventh congress of the press in Sancti Spiritus was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of one of the sections of the

Escambray weekly newspaper.

Translated by Daysi Olano

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