7/17/08: Statement of the National Assembly of People's Power (Eng./Esp.)

Comité Nacional por la Libertad de los Cinco Cubanos Statement of the National Assembly of People's Power When on 9 August 2005, a panel of three judges of the Atlanta Court of Appeal unanimously ruled to revoke the sentences and order a new trial of The Five Cuban anti-terrorists jailed in the United States, on the grounds that Miami was not an acceptable trial venue, it seemed that at last the American legal system was going to do justice, in this lengthy process full of arbitrary measures and manipulation. A year later, the Court en banc handed down a decision without precedent in American legal history, finding against the ruling of its three judges, legitimizing the Miami trial and again referring the case back to the Panel for consideration of the other matters challenged by the defense. On 4 June this year, after a... [read full story]