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Britain bans miami 5 hero
Gonzalez was due to speak at probe
Gap-year scheme is ‘first step towards conscription’
Britain bowed to Washington yesterday and banned Cuban star witness René González from attending a landmark inquiry into discredited US prison sentences handed to him and four compatriots.
Cuba solidarity activists confirmed the "unsettling" news hours before he had been scheduled to arrive in London.
Anger grew as it was revealed that Mr González has been granted a visa by France that will allow him travel across Europe - apart from close US ally Britain.
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