Havana, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) As satisfactory was termed the defense at 11th Circuit of the Court of Appeals in Atlanta of the five Cuban anti-terrorists jailed in the US.

  Roberto Gonzalez Sewherert, attorney and brother of a defendant, told the Cuban TV National News Cast that the Judges did not take them by surprise and they did a fine job.

  Yet the public prosecutor remained silent when repeatedly asked on the guarantees for a fair trial and the measures adopted to ensure the rights of the defendants.

  The hearing also unveiled the US Administration's efforts to block respect for the defendants that facilitated the hostile climate that prevailed along the trial.

  Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez were detained on Sep 1998 for monitoring terrorist groups operating from Miami.

  They were submitted to a biased, unfair trial that ruled four life sentences plus 75 years behind bars.

  After the haring, US solidarity groups and attorneys gave a press conference in Atlanta and the local university will host a support rally.

  A panel of three Judges from the Atlanta Circuit annulled the sentences against the Cuban Five they ruled illegal and arbitrary but the District Attorney requested a revision last October.

  The Feb 14 hearing was attended by lawyers, legislators and other personalities from Germany, Belgium, Italy, Argentina, Puerto Rico, the UK and the US.