Hon House Chair, the ANC notes with great concern the continuing imprisonment of four of the Cuban Five: Gerardo Hernndez, Antonio Guerrero Rodrguez, Fernando Gonzlez Llort and Ramn Labaino Salazar who were arrested in 1998. The four are currently serving long, unstipulated sentences in different prisons across the United States of America.
There is also the issue of the conditional release on 7 October 2011 of Ren Gonzlez Sehwerert, the fifth member of the Cuban Five, in that he must not leave the United States of America in the next three years and be confined to Miami where there are anti-Cuban gangs and human traffickers. In addition, there is the lack of fairness during the trial and the overturning of their conviction by the appeals court, only to be overturned in 2005 by a full court, and the denial of their families to enter the US to visit them, a fundamental right of all prisoners in the world - and this must be challenged.
The ANC recognises the call for their release from across the globe and the letter, supported by 110 members of parliament of the United Kingdom, by the attorney-general. The ANC calls for the support of all parties in the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa to write a letter of demand for their release from President Obama's government, which will demonstrate their recognition of human rights. I thank you. [Applause.]