[Lnc-business] MOTION Re: Cuban Regime's Arrest of Libertarian Activists

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I co-sponsor

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> The Nevada Libertarian Party has issued a press release about the unjust
> detention of two libertarian activists in Cuba (which is still run by an
> authoritarian regime, reconciliation with the U.S. government
> notwithstanding – it may even be that Raul Castro figures it's now safer
> for them to jail Americans with impunity due to said reconciliation.) They
> are asking the national LP, among others, to condemn the Cuban authorities
> for this action and demand the safe release of Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and
> Manuel Velasquez, and I agree we should do this.
>
> Therefore* I move the following resolution* and ask for co-sponsors*:*
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------
> *The Libertarian National Committee condemns the unjust detention of
> libertarian activists Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and Manuel Velasquez by
> agents of the Castro regime in Cuba on February 2, and demands the
> immediate safe release of these political prisoners who were targeted for
> their peaceful activism promoting limited government and free markets. We
> further ask the U.S. government's State Department to place diplomatic
> pressure on the Castro regime for their release, and encourage Libertarian
> Party members and supporters to contact their elected officials toward that
> end.*
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------------------
>
> I would also urge the chair and staff to issue a press release featuring
> this resolution, presuming that it passes, commending the Libertarian Party
> of Nevada for taking the initiative in speaking out about this case, and
> making additional points along the lines of the LPN's press release, below.
>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                       ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                                    (415) 625-FREE
>                                      @StarchildSF
>
> P.S. – And who knew the Ludwig von Mises Institute had an affiliate in
> Cuba? That's pretty cool...
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Zach Foster <zach.foster at lpnevada.org>
> *Date: *February 10, 2017 3:05:23 PM PST
> *To: *starchild at lp.org
> *Subject: **Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPN) Condemns Cuban Government
> for Arresting Libertarian Activists*
>
> Libertarian Party of Nevada (LPN) Condemns Cuban Government
> for Arresting Libertarian Activists
>
> For immediate release...
>
> Las Vegas, Nevada (10 February 2017) – The Libertarian Party of Nevada
> condemns the Cuban government’s arrest of two libertarian activists and
> calls for their immediate release. Ubaldo Herrera Hernandez and Manuel
> Velasquez Visea were arrested 2 February 2017 by plainclothes secret
> policemen.  Both activists are still detained on trumped up charges.
>
> Mises Cuba, the independent Cuban offshoot of Auburn, Alabama’s Ludwig von
> Mises Institute, confirmed their ongoing detention.  Both men were
> specifically targeted for their peaceful activism promoting limited
> government and free markets. They are political prisoners whose actions
> have harmed no one and damaged no property.
>
> “The arrest of the libertarian activists in Cuba is a jarring reminder of
> both the Obama administration’s willingness to sacrifice Cuban refugees on
> the altar of realpolitik, and the Trump administration’s open hostility
> toward civil liberties and the rule of law,” says LPN Vice Chairman David
> Colborne. “I call on all liberty-minded political leaders in the U.S. to
> chart a new course by demanding the immediate and safe release of these
> Cuban libertarian activists.”
>
> LPN Chairman Jason Smith expresses his condolences to the families of
> Herrera and Velasquez, and wants political leaders to “heed the judicial
> messages sent to our own President this week as a warning of what can
> happen to a country controlled by fear and too much government. What
> happened to these two activists could easily happen here in America,
> especially given the authoritarian streaks of Donald Trump and Jeff
> Sessions.”
>
> The Libertarian Party of Nevada calls on the 49 other Libertarian state
> parties, our National Chairman Nicholas Sarwark, all Libertarian parties in
> Latin America, and all concerned citizens to:
>
> 1) Condemn the Cuban government and the Communist Party of Cuba, and
> demand the safe release of the libertarian prisoners,
> 2) Ask the US State Department to place diplomatic pressure on Cuba for
> their release,
> 3) Call Senators, Congressmen, Governors, and State Legislators to make
> their own statements of support for these political prisoners.
>
> Tyranny must be stopped wherever it threatens lives and freedom, whether
> in the US or in Cuba. The Libertarian Party of Nevada stands in solidarity
> with all Cuban libertarians.
>
> ###
>
> Zach Foster
> Senior Contributor
> 702.401.0423 <(702)%20401-0423>
> Zach.Foster at lpnevada.org
>
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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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