Prison
2007-03-15.
Dear Friends,
Below is today's HRF alert calling for the release of the 59 prisoners
who remain in detention since the March 2003 crackdown on civil society
in Cuba.
It has now been four years since their wrongful imprisonment and we
are urging that the Cuban authorities immediately and uncondtionally
release them, along with all those wrongfully imprisoned for peacefully
expressing their opinions.
Please circulate the below alert to your friends and networks, and post
to relevant newsletters and websites.
Thank you!
Elena Steiger
Elena Steiger
Program Associate
Human Rights Defenders Program
Tel: (212) 845-5298
Fax: (212) 845-5299
SteigerE@HumanRightsFirst.org
Four Years Since Cuba Crackdown: Release Activists Still in Prison
Click Here to Take Action:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/CubaFourYears
It has been four years since 75 peaceful human rights activists and
independent journalists were rounded up by Cuban authorities, summarily
and unfairly tried, and sentenced to prison terms of up to 28 years.
Their crime? Promoting basic human rights like freedom of opinion and
expression and daring to expose their fellow citizens to ideas and
literature banned by the state.
Since the March 2003 crackdown, participants in Human Rights First's
Defender Alerts have sent thousands of appeals to the Cuban authorities
calling for their release. Because of the international outcry and
pressure generated by dedicated supporters like you, 16 of those
imprisoned have been released on medical parole.
But 59 courageous activists and journalists remain in prison. It is past
time for them all to be free. Many of those in prison are suffering from
serious health problems, which have been triggered or exacerbated by
harsh prison conditions.
On this anniversary, call on the Cuban authorities to release the
remaining prisoners from the 75 held since 2003, and all of those
unjustly jailed simply for promoting human rights.
Click Here to Take Action:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/CubaFourYears
Learn more about the situation of those arrested in 2003:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/
CubaFourYears/explanation
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