Cuban consul denied visit to Gerardo
Cuban consul denied visit to Gerardo
Saturday, 14 July 2012, 12:12 pm
Press Release: International Committee for Freedom of Cuban 5
Cuban consul denied visit to Gerardo; Authorities interfere with legal defense
Just as Gerardo Hernández' legal team is preparing new documents and he is actively engaged in the latest phase of his legal appeals (see next story), U.S. authorities have once again intervened. Last Saturday, Gerardo was denied a visit from the Cuban consul and on Monday, his attorney Martin Garbus was delayed entry to see him for several hours. Garbus was eventually allowed to meet with Gerardo, but was denied the right to bring with him crucial documents that he needed to review with Gerardo. He was even denied the right to bring pencil and paper to the visit.
The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five denounces these utterly unjust actions, which only strengthens our demands for justice for Gerardo and for all the Five.
The following statement was released by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX):
One of the five antiterrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in the United States, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, has been subject of a new arbitrariness by the authorities of that country, aiming at hindering his legal process.
Last Saturday, July 7th, the Cuban officers who had been already authorized by the State Department to carry out a consular visit to Gerardo, were not able to fulfill it, under the supposed argument that the memorandum of the Chief of the penitentiary center Victorville, in California, authorizing their entrance to the prison, was not available at the reception desk...
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1207/S00475/cuban-consul-denied-visit-to-gerardo.htm
