MEDIA ADVISORY: South Florida Members of Congress to Hold Press Conference in Support of Cuban Hunger Strikers
Miami, FL – On Monday, September 17th, members of the South Florida delegation will hold a press conference in support of the more than 25 human rights and pro-democracy activists who are on a hunger strike. The hunger strike, initiated to protest the regime’s brutal oppression and unjust imprisonment of political prisoners, includes well-known pro-democracy leaders such as Marta Beatriz Roque and Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antunez”.
Numerous members of the international community have expressed their support of the activists, including The Community of Democracies Parliamentary Forum, Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, Secretary General of the EPP (European People's Party), Jose Ramon Garcia Hernandez, the International Secretary for Partido Popular (PP) in Spain, Michael Kaminski, Member of the European Parliament, Elmar Brok, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, European Parliament, Uruguayan Congressmen Jaime Trobo and Martin Elgue, The Dominican Patriotic Council -- Hipolito Ramirez, Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former Salvadoran President Armando Calderon Sol, The Mexican Orlando Zapata Tamayo Civic Front -- Miguel Hernandez.
WHAT: Press Conference to show support and solidarity for the more than 25 human rights and pro-democracy activists on hunger strike in Cuba
WHO: Members of the South Florida delegation
WHEN: Monday, September 17th, 2012 at 2 p.m.
WHERE: District Office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
8669 NW 36 Street, Suite 100
Doral, FL 33166