Media Alert
The Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS), SACP COSATU and ANC will stage a picket at the US Embassy today Friday 14 October 2011. The picket is part of the global campaign calling for the freedom of the Cuban Five. The five were involved in monitoring and preventing terrorist activities by Miami based terrorist groups against Cuba. They were falsely accused of espionage conspiracy against the US government.
A memorandum of demands will be submitted to the US Embassy. The details of the Picket are as follows
Date: Friday 14 October 2011
Venue: US Embassy, Cnr Pretorius and Eastwood Streets, Pretoria
Time: 11H00 – 14H00
The media are invited to attend and report.
For further details contact
Zanele Matebula – COSATU Deputy International Secretary – 082 300 8979
Clever Banganayi (FOCUS) – 072 142 6625
Source
Numsa News