STOCKHOLM, Sweden—A seminar here April 22 took up the case of five Cubans framed-up on conspiracy charges and unjustly jailed in the United States for more than 11 years. Speakers from left, Said Mahmoudi, professor of international law at Stockholm University; René Vazquez Díaz, member of executive committee of the Writers Union of Sweden; and Samson Thomas, spokesperson for the Eritrean Student Association, who chaired the meeting.

Vazquez Díaz detailed the violent attacks against Cuba organized from Miami ever since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. This was the reason the Cuban Five went to Miami to monitor anti-Cuban groups and inform Havana so further attacks could be stopped. In 2001 the five were sentenced to long prison terms, ranging from a double life term to 15 years.

Café Pan Africa and the Left Student Association sponsored the seminar.

—ANITA ÖSTLING