Canadians Celebrate Release of Anti-Terrorist Fernando Gonzalez
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Ottawa, Mar 3 - Canadian activists are celebrating Fernando González's return to Cuba after serving a 15 year sentence in the United States, and his commitment to continue working to ensure that the other Cuban anti-terrorists are also released.
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His return to Cuba has brought joy and inspiration for people around the world fighting for justice and freedom for the five Cuban anti-terrorists, the Free the Cuban Five Committee in Vancouver told Prensa Latina.
Fernando returned to Cuba last Friday, February 28th, after serving the last day of his sentence in an Arizona penitentiary in the United States.
Fernando and his fellow Cubans Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and René González, known worldwide as the Cuban Five, were sentenced to harsh penalties for monitoring anti-Cuban groups based in Miami, whose actions have left more than 3,400 victims over the last 53 years in Cuba.
René González was released on October 7th, 2011 after 13 years in prison, and an additional period of supervised release. He was obliged to renounce his US citizenship in order to return to Cuba.
Meanwhile, the other three Cuban anti-terrorists remain in jail despite an international campaign for their immediate release.
In this sense, the Committee called for unity and additional efforts to see that the men are released and reunited with their families.
The organization said that next March 5, they will celebrate 100 consecutive months of activities to support the Five's cause in Vancouver.
Since 2005, members of the Canadian organization, supported by the local population, have demonstrated outside the US consulate in Ottawa on the fifth day of every month.
Committee Coordinator Tamara Hansen told Prensa Latina that a number of activities are scheduled to take place place from Wednesday to Saturday in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle in order to mark 100 consecutive months of solidarity initiatives.
The program includes a tribute to the late President Hugo Chavez, several concerts by Canadian and foreign artists, along with vigils and talks with journalist Stephen Kimber, author of the book "What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of The Cuban Five".
Source: Prensa Latina
