Christmas Actions for the Miami Five
Campaign News | Thursday, 12 August 2010
Take action from Friday 10 December
To mark the United Nations International Day on Human Rights, from Friday 10 December CSC is asking all supporters of the Miami Five to CALL, FAX and EMAIL the US Government
to demand that President Obama free these five Cuban men unjustly imprisoned in the United States for fighting terrorism.
The Miami Five have been in prison for more than twelve years for trying to stop terrorist attacks against their country.
In August 2010, Amnesty international joined with other international human rights groups, politicians, legal experts and thousands of others across the world by calling into question the fairness of their trial and sentences and asked the US government to review the case.
Please take action now to urge President Obama to Free the Miami Five now.
CONTACT DETAILS
Call or send your messages from 10 December to:
Phone: 001 202- 456 -1111
Fax: 001 202- 456 - 2461
Go to
http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT
to send an email
Please do let us know about the actions you have taken and any responses you get.
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Sample letter
RE: Five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in the United States
Dear President Obama,
I am writing to you at Christmas, and on the anniversary of the International Day on Human Rights to ask you to show humanity and respect for justice and to free Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González who have been unjustly imprisoned in United States jails for more than twelve years since 12 September 1998.
On 13 October this year, Amnesty International asked the US government to review the case of the Five and to mitigate any injustice against them. You have the constitutional power to do this today.
Please act now and show compassion this Christmas. Please undo the injustice that has been carried our against these men who your own security experts admit were no threat to the United States, but were solely in your country to gather information on violent groups planning terrorist attacks against the Cuban people.
Yours sincerely
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Please feel free to use the above letter or write in your own words to President Obama.
If there is no response to the phone line, please leave a message calling for freedom for the Five.
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PLEASE TAKE THIS ACTION TODAY
Phone: +1 202-456-1111
Fax: +1 202-456-2461
- Click here to email President Obama today
- Write to the Five: If you would like to send personal seasons greetings to the five this December you can find their addresses here
- Watch the video of the Miami 5 Vigil at the US Embassy in October 2010
