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Members of U.S' National Lawyers Guild endorsed a call for an international investigation into their government's failure to address the denial of justice in the case of the Five Cubans...

Members of U.S' National Lawyers Guild endorsed a call for an international investigation into their government's failure to address the denial of justice in the case of the Five Cubans, who have been unfairly imprisoned for more than nine years.

Gathered on their 70th annual conference in Washington DC, the American lawyers passed Monday, November 19, a resolution supporting their call. The document briefly reviews the case and points to the Cuban and international efforts to achieve the release of the five men, which have gone unheard.

It also compares the Cubans' case to that of terrorist Posada Carriles, known as being the mastermind of several acts of terrorism against Cuban government's leaders and people.

Likewise, the resolution mentions the human rights violations committed against the Five. It explains that they have been subjected to solitary confinement without enough reasons supporting the measure, and that they are not allowed to receive family visits, as the U.S government keeps denying entry visas to Gerardo Hernandez' wife Adriana Perez, and Rene Gonzalez' Olga Salanueva.

Finally, the lawyers called upon the American government to either release the Cuban prisoners or provide them with a new trial and to immediately grant entry permit to the wives of the two Cubans. They also asked the U.S media to significantly cover the case and urged the UN's Human Rights Commission to lead a probe into the American government for its lack of compliance.
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