The Cuban delegate to the UN’s Human Rights Council, Resfel Pino, recalled that September 12 marked the 11th anniversary of their imprisonment, Prensa Latina reported.

Pino explained that the arrest and imprisonment of Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez – internationally known as the Cuban Five - was disqualified by the UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

“After a tortuous and arbitrary process, the US’ Supreme Court decided last June 15, to ignore the world’s claim to review the case. The judges preferred to meet the government’s request,” the Cuban delegate added.

He said the most extreme examples of the vindictive treatment given to the Cuban Five, is the American government’s refusal to allow Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva, wives of Gerardo and Rene, respectively, to visit their husbands saying that they are a threat to national security, an excuse that Pino called absurd.

“It is hard to understand what kind of a threat two women could be to the security of one of the most powerful countries of history,” Pino pointed out.