Dean Hubbard, member of this organization, declared himself in favour of the immediate release of these antiterrorism fighters in his speech at the Third Labor Lawyers International Meeting in Cuba's Hotel Nacional.

In front of the 160 delegates attending the event, Hubbard, on behalf of his organization, said they will not stop fighting till achieving the total freedom for the Cuban Five and their return to their homeland.

The American lawyer also rejected the criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade maintained by the United States against Cuba for almost five decades.

The opening day at the event was presided over by Joaquin Bernal, member of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee, along with Ecuador's Labor and Employment deputy Minister Tito Palma Caicedo and other leaders of Cuban lawyer and jurist organizations.

Labor lawyers from several nations will discuss this Tuesday the effects of the economic world crisis on the labor field, as well as union representation, and the protection of workers labor and social rights in face of the crisis.

The event brings together jurist and union representatives from the the US and Cuba as well as from Argentina, Colombia, Spain, England, Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica.

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