European Parliament
President.
Question No 3 by Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez 
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Subject: Human rights of Cuban prisoners in the US
Two years ago, harsh sentences were handed down in the US to five Cubans who had infiltrated exiles' organisations in Miami linked to terrorist acts perpetrated in Cuba, in which a number of people, some of them European, had died. The trial was marked by the most scandalous irregularities, as denounced by such organisations as Amnesty International. The conditions of detention of the prisoners and the difficulties placed in the way of their contacting their families are in clear breach of both American and international law.
Given the Council's well-known concern over the human rights of the Cuban people, can it state whether it is aware of this case? Will it call on the US authorities to show an attitude at least comparable to that which is being demanded of the Cuban Government as regards human rights and international law, with reference to the relevant legislation, judicial procedures and the treatment of prisoners?

