Cuban Five
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Leonard Weinglass, ¡Presente! by Gloria La Riva
Leonard Weinglass, preeminent civil rights attorney and fighter for justice whose defense history includes the Chicago 8, Daniel Ellsberg, Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Cuban Five, died on March 23 of cancer. Continue reading
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Leonard Weinglass: Aug. 27, 1933 – Mar. 23, 2011
Leonard Weinglass, was a restless fighter for the cause of five Cubans who have been in US prisons since 1998, internationally known as the Cuban Five. Continue reading
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US secretly paid media to spin news against Cuban Five
The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five claim to have evidence that proves the US paid tens of thousands of dollars to Miami journalists to spin stories against the five men to convince the jury to convict them. Continue reading
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The Cuban Five: A Starkly Controversial Case
Human rights groups such as Amnesty International have criticized the U.S. government’s policy regarding the Cuban Five and have accused it of perpetrating human rights violations against the group. Beginning with their arrest and subsequent trial three months later, the five Cuban defendants have been held without bail for a period of thirty-three months. Continue reading
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