During a meeting with the national and foreign press,
the 1991 Nobel Literature Prize winner said that upon her return to
her country she will collect signatures from South African
personalities and from personalities from around the world and
people interested in protecting human rights, and will send the
letter to Obama.
Gordimer denounced the biased trial carried out by US authorities
against Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez,
Ramon Labañino and Rene Gonzalez, the suffering of their relatives,
and the psychological torture they’ve been subjected to.
She explained that the inhumane, cruel and degrading treatment these
five antiterrorist fighters are subjected to in US jails is
unacceptable, as well as to prevent Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez
from visiting their husbands.
Raks Morakabe Seakhoa, who suffered prison together with Nelson
Mandela and other South African personalities for opposing the
Apartheid regime, underlined that he has a strong and special
feeling for the cause of the these five men.
She said that like in the world campaign for the release of Mandela,
they will strongly support the one now underway internationally for
The Five, and explained that a special effort should be made so the
International Red Cross Committee intervenes in this case.
