HAVANA, Sept. 13 (PL). — Thousands of people in the world are participating today in a renewed campaign on behalf of the Cuban Five, the anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the United States after a markedly political trial.

The previous day, on the ninth anniversary of the arrest of Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, René González and Fernando González, grassroots demonstrations and initiatives demanding their freedom were reported in 50 countries.

They were given prison sentences ranging from 15 years to two life terms after thwarting crimes against humanity organized against their country by extreme right-wing anti-Cuban forces based in Miami, Florida.

On the first day of this renewed campaign for the Cuban Five, as they are known among their supporters around the world, particularly important actions took place in the United States led by the National Committee to Free the Five.

It was reported that the celebrated actor Danny Glover sent a message saying that the Five were sentenced to unusual and cruel punishment for exercising their moral obligation to defend themselves.

The United States failed to prevent deadly terrorist attacks repeatedly launched from its own territory for many decades against the sovereign nation of Cuba, Glover noted.

And reports were coming in from many other countries, including the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Angola, Brazil, Peru, Puerto Rico, Lebanon, Italy, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, China and the Philippines, regarding the reinvigoration of the movement in solidarity with these five Cubans.

Granma 13-09-2007