6 EVENTS IN CANADA TO FREE THE CUBAN 5
We demand: US President Obama- Free the Cuban 5 NOW!
** September/October International Days of Action to Free the Cuban 5!**
Every year September and October are important months in the world-wide campaign to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes. September 4, marks the anniversary of the Havana hotel bombing that killed Canadian resident Fabio Di Celmo. Then on September 5 & October 5, the international campaign “5th for the 5” will organize days of protest for the Cuban 5. September 12, 2012 will mark 14 years of unjust imprisonment for the Cuban 5 and 14 years of struggle for their freedom. October 6, marks the horrific anniversary of the bombing of the Cubana airliner in 1976 which killed all 73 passengers on board. The Free the Cuban 5 Committee – Vancouver invites its members and supporters to get involved in this important education and protest campaign as we build a movement urging US President Obama- Free the Cuban 5 NOW!
Calendar of events:
((1)) September 5 – Monthly Picket Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes (Vancouver, Canada)
((2)) September 12 – Vigil for the Cuban 5 and victims of US sponsored terrorism in Cuba at the US Consulate (Vancouver, Canada)
((3)) September 12 – Forum & Cultural event for the Cuban 5 (Vancouver, Canada)
((4)) September 13 – Picket Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes (Montreal, Quebec)
((5)) September 21-23 – People’s Tribunal and Assembly to Free the Cuban 5 (Toronto, Canada)
((6)) October 5 – Monthly Picket Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes (Vancouver, Canada)
+ “Who are the Cuban 5?” information and links
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Join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver as we continue to build the campaign to free the Cuban 5 with our 82nd monthly picket action in front of the U.S Consulate in Vancouver!
We Demand:
>>>FREE THE CUBAN 5 HEROES NOW!
>>>RELEASE ANTONIO, FERNANDO, RAMON & GERARDO FROM U.S. PRISONS NOW!
>>>LET RENÉ GONZÁLEZ RETURN TO CUBA NOW!
>>>GRANT VISAS TO OLGA SALANUEVA & ADRIANA PEREZ NOW!
WEDNESDAY
September 5, 2012
4pm-5pm
U.S. Consulate, 1075 W. Pender St.
(Downtown Vancouver)
To see the picket poster, please visit:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2012/120905-free-the-cuban-5-picket.pdf
To join the event on Facebook, please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/events/517992564882390/
Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | freethe5vancouver@gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
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Join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver as we mark 14 years of unjust imprisonment for the Cuba 5!
VIGIL FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE 5 CUBAN HEROES & VICTIMS OF U.S. SPONSORED TERRORISM IN CUBA
WEDNESDAY
September 12, 2012
1pm-3pm
U.S. Consulate, 1075 W. Pender St.
(Downtown Vancouver)
Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | freethe5vancouver@gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
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Join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver as we mark 14 years of unjust imprisonment for the Cuba 5!
FORUM & CULTURAL EVENING
WEDNESDAY
September 12, 2012
7pm
Joe’s Café [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St
This event will feature:
** Vancouver Premier of the Documentary
“ESENCIAS”
Watch this great film about the Cuban children’s theatre group “La Colmenita” on their first trip to the United States to perform their play about the case of the Cuban 5 and its impact on Cuban children. This is a beautiful film by renowned Cuban documentarian Roberto Chile.
** A speech by Merli Vanegas, Consul General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Vancouver.
** Video greetings from:
- Gloria La Riva coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban 5 in the US
** Also featuring live music, poetry and a raffle!
Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | freethe5vancouver@gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
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Join Le comité Fabio Di Celmo pour les Cinq and Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba for their monthly picket action to free the Cuban 5 in Montreal, Quebec.
PICKET ACTION TO FREE THE CUBAN 5
“Venez en grand nombre exiger la libération des Cinq! Faites passer le mot!”
THURSDAY
September 13, 2012
5:00-5:30pm
In front of Saint James United Church - 463 Ste-Catherine Ouest (near St-Alexandre st.)
and
5:30-6:00pm
At the US Consulate in Montreal - St-Alexandre & René-Lévesque Streets
Organized by:
Le comité Fabio Di Celmo pour les Cinq & Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba
info@solidaritequebeccuba.qc.ca
514-728-7222 (Montréal, Québec), info : Sean O'Donoghue
http://www.solidaritequebeccuba.qc.ca/
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Breaking the Silence Peoples' Tribunal & Assembly For the Cuban Five
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
September 21-23, 2012
Toronto City Hall
(Toronto, Canada)
The Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver is an official endorser of the People's Tribunal and Assembly to Free the Cuban Five taking place in Toronto this September 21st to 23rd.
The Peoples' Tribunal & Assembly aims are:
- To act as a forum for education and for launching an appeal to get justice for the Cuban Five;
- To break the silence of the mainstream media about this case; and
- To map out the next steps of a broad and united campaign on the Cuban Five in Québec and across the rest of Canada.
For more information please visit:
http://www.freethe5peoplestribunal.org
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Join the Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver as we continue to build the campaign to free the Cuban 5 with our 83rd monthly picket action in front of the U.S Consulate in Vancouver!
We Demand:
>>>FREE THE CUBAN 5 HEROES NOW!
>>>RELEASE ANTONIO, FERNANDO, RAMON & GERARDO FROM U.S. PRISONS NOW!
>>>LET RENÉ GONZÁLEZ RETURN TO CUBA NOW!
>>>GRANT VISAS TO OLGA SALANUEVA & ADRIANA PEREZ NOW!
FRIDAY
October 5th, 2012
4pm-5pm
U.S. Consulate, 1075 W. Pender St.
(Downtown Vancouver)
Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
604-719-6947 | freethe5vancouver@gmail.com
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/
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WHO ARE THE 5 CUBAN HEROES?
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Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González, also known as the Cuban 5, are currently serving outrageously long sentences including even a double-life sentence plus fifteen years. They were wrongly accused and convicted in a U.S. Federal Court of “conspiracy to commit espionage” and other fabricated charges. The 5 were actually unarmed men involved in monitoring Miami-based terrorist organizations, which since 1959 have been
responsible for the deaths of over 3,400 people in Cuba, including one resident of Canada, Fabio di Celmo, in 1997. Through their important work, these 5 men were able to prevent further deaths in Cuba.
For more information:
http://www.antiterroristas.cu/
http://www.freethefive.org/
http://www.thecuban5.org/
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http://www.vancubasolidarity.com
