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Judicial Watch and Castro's daughter lead delegation to ask Europeans to
impose world-wide economic sanctions for crimes against humanity
Judicial Watch,
June 30, 2003.
Larry Klayman, Chairman and General Counsel of Judicial Watch, arrived in
Brussels Sunday leading a delegation of victims of the latest round of Fidel's
oppression, as well as Alina Fernandez, Castro's daughter, to urge high-ranking
European Union and Belgian officials to join in world-wide South Africa-like
economic and trade sanctions against Cuba.
The group will begin their mission in Brussels with a meeting at the Belgian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted by the head of the Latin American Affairs
Section, Mr. Christiaan Van Driessche. Following that event, they are to meet
with Dr. Karl Buck, of the EU Council its top Cuba expert, and a top aide to
Secretary General Solana of the Council of Ministers. This meeting is to be
followed by a working lunch with Pieter De Crem, Chairman of the Flemish
Christian Democratic Party, and a member of the Belgian Parliament. Also in
attendance will be Robert Myttenaere, Deputy Secretary General of the Belgian
House of Representatives. Following lunch, they will move on to a meeting with
Rafael Senan-Llarena, of the EU Directorate General for Development. The day
will conclude with a late-afternoon meeting with the Ambassador of the United
States to Belgium.
The group will call attention to the Cuban dictator‚s recent repression
wherein innocent Cubans were executed and imprisoned for attempting to escape
from, and expressing their views about, what President John F. Kennedy called
that imprisoned isle. The victims, whose families are represented by Judicial
Watch, include Jorge L. Isaac,, who was executed on Fidel‚s orders 72 hours
after being arrested for trying (unsuccessfully) to lead a group trying to
escape to freedom, Normando Hernandez, an independent journalist who just
received Castro's sentence of 25 years for reporting on his repression, and
Martha Beatriz Roque, sentenced to life imprisonment in April for the same
so-called crime.
Judicial Watch and its clients are in Brussels to explain why strong
economic sanctions are now necessary to finally remove Fidel Castro from power,
in order to restore freedom to the Cuban people after so many years of living
under tyranny.
Following these meetings, Klayman and his delegation will host a press
conference on Tuesday at twelve noon, Brussels time, at the Holiday Inn Crowne
Plaza, Rue de la Loi 107, where he, Alina Fernandez and the others will address
the results of their meetings with EU, Belgian and American government
officials.
Judicial Watch is also in Brussels to meet with its local counsel, Paul
Sher, to plan strategy in its ongoing criminal case filed against Castro before
the Belgian courts.
After Brussels, the Judicial Watch diplomatic mission will continue on to
The Hague, Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris. Previously, the diplomatic mission
attended the Crans Montana Forum in the Swiss Alps, and addressed over 1000 high
level delegates from countries around the world.
For interviews and further information contact:
Larry Klayman - cell phone: (001) (202) 437-5624 (calling from Europe) |
