Prensa Latina reported on world actions in
support of Hernandez, among them those by the Chilean Movement
of Solidarity with Cuba, which sent letters of protest to US
President Barack Obama and to Secretary of State, Hillary
Clinton, and other high-government officials from that country
in reference to the imprisonement conditions to which Hernandez
has been submitted.
In the letter, the organization demands that
Hernandez receive immediate medical care and denounces that he
has been kept in an isolation cell for a week without having
committed any infractions, suffering temperatures higher that 35
Celsius degrees.
The Chilean organization stated that it is outrageous that
Hernandez was sent to “the hole” once again while he is
preparing his appeal.
The United States has more than enough evidence
showing that the Cuban Five’s (Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino,
Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez) only
crime was to fight terrorism, reads the letter.
The Movement calls the Chilean people to write to
the US government asking it remove Hernandez from the isolation
cell, to grant a visa to his wife Adriana Perez so she can visit
him and to respect his right to prepare his appeal.
Similar actions were taken by the Cuba-Australia
Friendship Society, which asked its members to write to the
American authorities and claim for the release of the Cuban
Five.
Bolivian filmmaker Jorge Sanjines reportedly said that the
Barack Obama administration is committing a new lese humanity
crime against Hernandez, which should be sanctioned by the
international community.
In Quito, Ecuador, leaders of several organizations slammed the
human rights violations of which Hernandez has been subject and
summoned its members for Wednesday to ask them to send letters
to the US government and claim for the end of the punishment.