U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh">Picket of U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh
Posted by alangdundee on October 8, 2008
Reproduced letter below.
There is a picket of the Edinburgh U.S. Consulate (Regents Terrace) for Thursday October 9th from 4pm to 6pm. This has been called by the Scottish Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
This is timed to follow the visit of Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez (wives of two of the Cuban Five) to Holyrood. They will attend the picket and speak. Both have been denied visa’s to visit their husbands in jail.
On the tenth anniversary of their arrest progress has been made in the UK in breaking the silence on the Five. See the links following for reports on their visits to the TUC and Labour Party Conference:
Miami Five and Cuba50 get union and TUC backing
TUC delegates pack Cuba fringe meeting
Miami Five wives at Labour Conference
Unions fight for justice for Miami Five on 10th anniversary of imprisonment
This picket is an opportunity to broaden the numbers in action who defend the five, which ultimately will be the key to securing their freedom.
Please forward this to all others you can : union/political/campaign/ organisation lists, newspapers, etc and urge a large attendance. Please also take any steps you can to get labour movement banners to this too.
regards
Peter Clifford
