URGENT ACTION FOR VISAS FOR FAMILIES OF THE CUBAN FIVE
To the Solidarity Movement and all of those committed to just causes:
On April 10th, family members of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States have an appointment in the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, to request their visas. This will be the tenth time that Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, will request a visa to see her husband in a prison in the U.S. where he is serving an unjust sentence. During a decade, the United States government has denied this couple the possibility of seeing each other.
We ask you to join in this urgent action to support them and their family members by contacting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton immediately and no later than April 10th to request the following:
1) To immediately grant a humanitarian visa to Adriana Pérez to visit her husband Gerardo Hernández and put an end to the violation of the right of family visits.
2) To grant multiple visas for the other members of the family of the Cuban Five
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of State
Hillary Clinton
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone number: 1-202-647-4000 Fax number: 1-202-647-2283
We also ask you to contact the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, to ask her the following:
1) To immediately grant a humanitarian visa to Olga Salanueva. The last time Olga requested a visa, she was classified as “permanently ineligible.” Ask Mrs. Napolitano to exempt Olga Salanueva of that condition by granting her a humanitarian visa to visit her husband Rene González in a U.S. prison.
Contact Information:
Secretary Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Operator Number: 202-282-8000
Comment Line: 202-282-8495
Send copy of both requests to the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Postal Address:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone number: +41 22 917 90 00
Email:
InfoDesk@ohchr.org
For more information see www.thecuban5.org
