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Free the Five, inquiry tells President Obama
An international Commission of Inquiry called on US President Barack Obama to free the remaining Miami Five.

An international Commission of Inquiry called on US President Barack Obama at the weekend to free the remaining Miami Five.

On the second day of the inquiry, set up to look into the case of the five Cubans jailed by the US while investigating anti-Cuban terror groups based in Miami, the judges concluded that their trial and imprisonment was in potential breach of the human rights charter.

Reading out a preliminary sentence Justice Yogesh Sbharwal said pardoning the Five - three of whom remain in US prison - could mean a vital contribution towards "world justice and world peace."

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