Miami 5 Campaign
On October 7th 2011, René González, one of the Miami Five, will be released from prison in Florida after serving out his full 13 year sentence. But rather than being allowed to return to his family in Cuba, due to a recklessly vindictive decision of the US courts, he has been ordered to remain in the United States for a further three years of "supervised release". He is required to spend this time within the jurisdiction of the Miami Court which sentenced him in a legal process condemned by all international experts, including the United Nations and Amnesty International, as unjust.
But that is not the half of it: René's life is now very much in danger.
Forced to stay in Miami, he is a sitting target for the ultra right-wing terrorist groups he was sent to infiltrate, terrorist groups the US government has been harbouring for decades, in spite of its so called "war on terror". All of these groups would be only too delighted to add another death to their bloody toll of 3,478 innocent Cubans they have killed through terrorists acts, not one of which has brought them to the attention of the global US counter-terrorist apparatus. The judge who sentenced him to this additional punishment has deliberately and purposefully put his life in danger, a criminal act of reckless endangerment in most jurisdictions. She has done this with the tacit, at least, support of the White House. There is only one conclusion to be drawn: President Obama wants René killed.
We say NO!
We say René is a hero who worked undercover and without violence to protect his country from terrorist crimes launched with impunity from US territory. He does not deserve either to have spent 13 years in jail, let alone to spend the next three years as a human target for wild-west gunslingers with US government protection.
You, men and women of Ireland, are now his shield. You must act now to protect his life. It is time to stand up to the real terrorists and demand they release their hostage. It is time to demand that the US President acts as a champion of human rights, not an apologist for injustice or a defender of terrorists. It is time for him to release René unconditionally.
Come to the US Embassy at 6.30pm on Monday armed with whistles, banners and bin lids to call the US President to account for his role in this supreme injustice.
If you are unable to attend our demonstration at such short notice, please make sure to register your protest by contacting the White house and demanding the immediate return of René Gonzalez to his homeland:
By phone from Ireland: 001 202 456 1111
By Fax from Ireland: 001 202 456 2461
By Email via: HTTP://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/CONTACT
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