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Gerardo Hernández is out of "the hole"!

National Committee to Free the Cuban Five (edited by Julie Webb-Pullman)

Gerardo Hernández has been released from isolation after an intense campaign by his attorneys and thousands of supporters around the world. Nearly a thousand emails were received by the Bureau of Prisons generated by the campaign launched by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five.

Following a visit to Gerardo last weekend, one of his attorney's, Leonard Weinglass, described the abysmal and cruel conditions that Gerardo was placed in. "Gerardo is in great spirits but he's really suffering. In 100+ degree weather, the air was so stifling that Gerardo was laying on the floor sucking in air from the bottom of the door. He couldn't take his blood pressure medicine as his doctor advised him because the weather was too hot. He couldn't use the shower because it was scalding hot water. He was given dirty bedsheets, and he had to resort to washing them in the toilet."

Weinglass noted that "we sent a five-page letter to the prison containing all the errors that they made in putting him in isolation. The letter outlined their own regulations that they violated."

Moments after that interview, in a new phone call, Weinglass announced "they've just released him to the general population!"

It's thanks to the great efforts of the attorneys and the national and international solidarity movement with the Cuban Five that this punitive and unwarranted prison action against Gerardo has been ended.

Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly to this emergency situation.

ENDS

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