Demonstrators in the Philippines Demand Release of Cuban Five

Havana, Sept 16, (RHC).- Cuba solidarity groups in the Philippines recently staged a march in Manila urging the U.S. government to immediately release the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998.

There was a big turnout despite unfavorable weather conditions due to the proximity of typhoon Nando, and the fact that march organizers did not get permission to carry out such a demonstration.

The protest was organized by the Cuba-Philippine Friendship Society, which includes two committees for the liberation of the Cuban Five.

The activists picketed in front of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, where they delivered a letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama stating their demand to free the five Cubans held in U.S. prisons. The letter was signed by more than 2,000 people who support the Cuban Five.

With the objective of raising awareness about the cause of Cuban Five, the Society sent messages to the Alliance of the Coordillera’s People (an organization that groups all the indigenous peoples of the Philippines), to the Patriotic Workers’ Movement and the National Association of Builders and Allied Industries, among other local organizations.