Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Monday, Jan. 10 - Protest Rally at U.S. Courthouse when Luis Posada Carriles's Trial Begins

8:00 am, Federal Courthouse, 511 E San Antonio Ave.,
El Paso, Texas


There will be a "People's Tribunal" Sunday, Jan. 9, 4 pm in El Paso, and a Protest rally, Monday, Jan. 10, 8 am, at the courthouse where Posada's trial will be held.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition - which has spearheaded a campaign for justice and Posada's extradition after he entered Miami illegally in March 2005 - along with the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of El Paso, the National Network on Cuba and other organizations, are sponsoring the events.

The "People's Tribunal" will hear the charges of terrorism against Posada and his accomplices, with testimony from expert witnesses. The U.S. government's support for the Miami terrorists will also be on trial.

Participants in the People's Tribunal include:

* Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
* Jose Pertierra, Venezuela's attorney for the extradition order of Posada
* Keith Bolender, author of "Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba," the testimony of Cuban victims of Miami-based terrorism.
* Gloria La Riva, coordinator, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five
* Brian Becker, Director of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
* Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Co-founder, Partnership for Civil Justice

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