Nearly 350 representatives from 56 countries, including social leaders and activists from Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the United States, will meet to discuss and learn details of the case  of Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez and Antonio Guerrero —internationally known as the Cuban Five—, who were arrested and given harsh and unjust sentences for monitoring anti-Cuba extreme right-wing groups in South Florida that were planning and carrying out attacks against the island.

Amauri Torno, representative of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP) in Holguin, told ACN that, for the first time, activists from Paraguay and Sri Lanka will participate in the event.

“International solidarity with the Cuban Five and general knowledge about their case grow every year and this colloquium plays an important role in that sense,” he noted.

The program of the event includes an interactive Internet forum to analyze the current state of the case and a march for solidarity and peace.