Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty Appeal to Sting to Advocate for Human Rights in Cuba.Banner Flies over Concert Reminding Singer of His Past Activism for Prisoners of Conscience MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Sting, the front man of the legendary rock band The Police, was reminded by Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty of his previous humanitarianism hu·man·i·tar·i·an·ism n. 1. Concern for human welfare, especially as manifested through philanthropy. 2. The belief that the sole moral obligation of humankind is the improvement of human welfare. 3. with a banner hired to fly over Dolphin Stadium • • [ during the opening act of the group's July 10th Miami concert. The banner read "S.O.S. THEY DANCE ALONE IN CUBA TOO," a reference to Sting's song about human rights abuses in Pinochet's Chile. Photographs are available at http://BUCL.org. Sting, who worked with Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of in the 1980s and that group's efforts in denouncing human rights abuses in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. and Chile, is reported to have accepted an invitation from the Castro regime for The Police to play a concert in Havana, Cuba in December. "We want the people of Cuba to enjoy The Police," said BUCL BUCL Bhp-Utah Coal Limited campaign sponsor Ziva Sahl, "but we'd also like for Sting to use his prestige and influence to help raise awareness of Cuba's political prisoners, like the Afro-Cuban Doctor Oscar Elias Biscet." Cuba's foreign minister recently denied to international media that Cuba has political prisoners, yet Amnesty International currently recognizes at least 69 Cuban prisoners of conscience while other organizations put the number of political prisoners in Cuba at over 300. "Sting's poignant song 'They dance alone' could have been written about the Cuban 'Ladies in White,'" said Claudia Fanelli, also a BUCL campaign sponsor. "Each Sunday these winners of the Sakharov Prize The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organizations who had dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and for Human Rights proudly walk the streets of Havana displaying pictures of their husbands, sons and brothers who are political prisoners. We just want Sting to help bring recognition to the prisoners so these ladies won't have to dance with 'invisible ones' anymore." Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty is a confederation A union of states in which each member state retains some independent control over internal and external affairs. Thus, for international purposes, there are separate states, not just one state. of blogs, web sites and readers that pool resources and ideas for use in campaigns that raise awareness of the Cuban reality. Current campaign sponsor sites include: http://blogforcuba.typepad.com; http://www.claudia4libertad.com; albertodelacruz.com; http://marcmasferrer.typepad.com; jluix.com; therealcuba.com; cubanology.com; ninetymilesaway.blogspot.com; cubacompanioni.blogspot.com; lacontrarevolucion.blogspot.com; kensieg.livejournal.com; nelsonguirado.com; abajofidel.blogspot.com; babalublog.com; and CubanAmericanPundits.com. |
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