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

Mon Feb 13 10:48:01 EST 2017

I will cosponsor

On Feb 12, 2017 7:46 PM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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> *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
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> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
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