ELF Press Office to Obama: Release U.S. Political Prisoners

[Bay Area Indymedia]

Washington, D.C.: In response to President Obama's comments today
calling on Cuba to release political prisoners as a step toward
strengthening relations between the United States and Cuba, the North
American Earth Liberation Front Press Office (NAELFPO) encouraged
President Obama to first release political prisoners in the United
States before expecting other countries to follow suit. The
President's comments came during the closing of the Summit of the
Americas held in Trinidad & Tobago.

"It is genuinely hypocritical for the United States to condemn other
nations for their treatment and holding of political prisoners, when
the United States itself maintains significant numbers of political
prisoners locked away in the U.S. criminal justice system," stated
NAELFPO press officer Lisa Nesbitt. "The current administration cannot
expect to promote justice abroad, while ignoring the many individuals
on U.S. soil who are imprisoned because of their political beliefs and
activities or the color of their skin."

Nesbitt listed the following examples of political prisoners currently
serving sentences in the United States:

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