Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition from constituents and other citizens calling for the release of five Cubans who have been held in detention in the United States since September 1998 and were sentenced in 2001 to lengthy prison terms ranging from 15 years to a double life sentence. Their trials and the conditions under which they are being detained violate the American Constitution and international law. Also, more than a hundred committees around the world have been set up to demand the release of these five Cubans and a new trial.
In the House of Commons on February 27th, 2004. See this statement in context.