Leonard Weinglass To Speak About the Cuban Five in Davis

Leonard Weinglass To Speak About the Cuban Five in Davis Feb. 3


Leonard Weinglass is coming to King Hall, UC Davis School of Law, Thursday, February 3rd. He will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 2008. Refreshments will be served.

Leonard Weinglass is a seasoned civil rights attorney who has defended anti-war protestors, gay rights activists, advocates for Puerto Rican independence, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Angela Davis, among many others. Now he's representing one member of "the Cuban Five," a group of men who were sent to Miami to gather information on right-wing terrorist organizations.

Since the Cuban Revolution, almost 3,500 Cubans have been killed by assassinations and bombings planned by such Anti-Castro organizations. "Los Cinco Heroes", as they're called in Cuba, presented evidence of terrorists' plots against Cuba to the FBI in 1998. Rather than using this information to arrest those perpetrating the killings, FBI officials arrested the 5 men and placed them in solitary confinement for 17 months.

The 5 were convicted in 2001 for espionage and threatening "national security." They now face life sentences, and are held in maximum security prisons around the U.S. For more information, please see the official "Free the Five" website at: http://www.freethefive.org/

Visitor parking will be available at the Mondavi Center Parking Lot, right off the UC Davis exit on highway 80. This event is sponsored by the King Hall chapters of: La Raza Law Students Association, National Lawyers Guild, Black Law Students Association, Feminist Forum, Asian and Pacific American Law Students Association, Muslim Law Students Association, Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian Law Students Association and The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic.

If you have any questions, please contact Genevieve Kramer by email at gakramer [at] ucdavis.edu or Gustavo Garcia by phone at (530)753-7975.