Viewing from July 2002
U.S. prevents wife of one of the Miami Five from visiting him in prison
Campaign News | Monday, 29 July 2002
Adriana Pérez illegally detained at Houston airport, interrogated and forced to return to CubaDESPITE having a visa to enter the country, the U.S. authorities have prevented the wife of Gerardo Hernández one of the Miami Five - Cubans serving unjustified sentences in US prisons – from reaching California’s Lompoc penitentiary ... read more
108 British Members of Parliament sign motion to defend Cuba
Campaign News | Thursday, 25 July 2002
EDM 1246EDM 1246US THREAT TO CUBACorbyn/JeremyThat this House deplores the renewed threat to Cuba made by the US Under-Secretary John Bolton; and believes that the US should desist from threatening Cuba and instead normalise relations and lift the 40 year economic embargo.Abbott/DianeAtherton/CandyAustin/JohnBaird/VeraBaker/NormanBarnes/HarryBattle/JohnBest/HaroldBrennan/KevinBrown/RussellBuck/KarenBurden/RichardCable/VincentCampbell/RonnieCarmichael/AlistairCaton/MartinChaytor/DavidClapham/MichaelClark/HelenClarke/TonyClwyd/AnnCohen/HarryColeman/IainConnarty/MichaelCook/FrankCorbyn/JeremyCryer/AnnCryer/JohnCummings/JohnCunningham/JimDalyell/TamDavey/EdwardDavey/ValerieDavidson/IanDavis/TerryDean/JanetDhanda/ParmjitDismore/AndrewDobbin/JimDobson/FrankDrew/DavidEdwards/HuwEtherington/BillEwing/AnnabelleFlynn/PaulFoster/DonGalloway/GeorgeGeorge/AndrewGerrard/NeilGibson/IanGreen/MatthewGriffiths/WinHamilton/DavidHinchliffe/DavidHolmes/PaulHopkins/KelvinHoyle/LindsayHughes/SimonIddon/BrianJackson/GlendaJones/Jon OwenJones/LynneJones/MartynJones/NigelKnight/JimKumar/AshokLazarowicz/MarkLepper/DavidLewis/TerryLloyd/TonyLlwyd/ElfynLucas/IanMahon/AliceMarris/RobMcCafferty/ChrisMcDonnell/JohnMcKechin/AnnMitchell/AustinMorgan/JulieO'Hara/EdwardO'Neill/MartinPalmer/NickPound/StephenPrice/AdamPurchase/KenRobertson/AngusRuane/ChrisSalmond/AlexSawford/PhilSedgemore/BrianSheridan/JimSimpson/AlanSingh/MarshaSkinner/DennisSmith/GeraldineStinchcombe/PaulTaylor/DavidThomas/SimonTonge/JennyTrickett/JonVis/RudiWareing/Robert NWeir/MichaelWhite/BrianWilliams/BettyWood/MikeWyatt/DerekYounger-Ross/Richard ... read more
CUBA’S REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Campaign News | Monday, 15 July 2002
RESOLUTION NUMBER 56/9CUBA’S REPORT TO THEU.N. SECRETARY GENERAL ONGENERAL ASSEMBLYRESOLUTION 56/9"Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."Havana, 15 July 2002INDEXINTRODUCTION 11.- ESTABLISHMENT, CONSOLIDATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE U.S. BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA 22. THE EXTRATERRITORIAL NATURE OF THE POLICY OF BLOCKADE. 93. DAMAGES IN THE FIELDS ... read more
Hundreds hear Miami Five Lawyer
Campaign News | Friday, 12 July 2002
Paul McKenna, lawyer for the Miami Five visits UKMore than 100 people including Mps and members of the House of Lords crammed into a committee room of the House of Commons in London on the evening of July 9th to hear Paul McKenna, lawyer for the Miami Five, speak of ... read more
Lifting the lid on Bacardi
Campaign News | Monday, 1 July 2002
Rum giant pays bars not to sell Cuban rivalLifting the lid on BacardíRum giant pays bars not to sell Cuban rivalOver the past few issues we have been following closely the Bacardí campaignagainst the Cuban rum Havana Club.Now for the first time we can reveal the truth behind this commercialvendetta ... read more
Bacardi infringes UK competition law
Campaign News | Monday, 1 July 2002
OFT PROPOSES TO FIND BACARDI EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENTS BREACH COMPETITIONOFFICE OF FAIR TRADING38/02 28 June 2002OFT PROPOSES TO FIND BACARDI EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENTS BREACH COMPETITIONLAWThe OFT proposes to make a decision that Bacardi has infringed UKcompetition law.The OFT has today written to Bacardi setting out why it proposes tofind that the company ... read more
