Speaking on the plight of the families of the Miami 5 at the Labour Party conference on October 1st, Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said:
On the Miami Five: "I want to remind this conference about the disgraceful attack on human rights that the USA is continuing against Cuba through the economic blockade and through the unjust imprisonment of the Miami 5.
"This wrong is compounded by the outrageous treatment that the wives and children of these five Cubans have suffered through the denial of basic human right to visit their husbands and fathers.
Our Foreign Office ministers should make clear to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama that the refusal of visitation rights for the wives and children of the Miami 5 for the past 11 years is a fundamental breach of human rights, contrary both to the standards for the humane treatment of prisoners and to a state's obligation to protect family life.
David (Miliband - UK foreign secretary) – help us to right this wrong!"
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