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June 28, 2001



Pastors for Peace travels through city

Amarillo Globe-News. Web posted Thursday, June 28, 2001.

Rick Fellows said he has no qualms about breaking U.S. laws to help people in Cuba. Fellows and other Pastors for Peace volunteers journeyed through Amarillo on Wednesday on their way to Cuba to protest the U.S. government's longstanding embargo against Cuba. The Pastors for Peace caravan was supported locally by the Peace Farm.

In Cuba, they will join other Pastors for Peace members, meet with alternative energy experts and participate in a bicycle ride in Villa Clara, a rural province. Humanitarian aid, such as medical supplies, will be provided to the Cubans.

They plan to be in Cuba on July 4-11.

Fellows said Pastors for Peace members are violating U.S. Treasury licensing process in transporting goods, because "we believe that the licensing process causes death and human suffering."

"It's a form of civil disobedience," Fellows said.

"Ultimately, this has to do with the fact that policies can kill, and we're against the policy that causes death and human suffering for the people in Cuba," said Fellows, who lives in Olympia, Wash.

© 2001 Amarillo Globe-News



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