> >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Precedence: bulk > >From: "Michael Erisman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: NEWS RELEASE--CUBA TRAVEL CHALLENGE > >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > >X-Comment: Latin American Studies Network > >X-UIDL: 791498137.005 > > > > NEWS RELEASE > > > > > > On January 23, 1995, the six members of the second travel- > >challenge delegation returned from Cuba. Considering the licensing > >requirement imposed by the Federal Government on August 20, 1994, > >to be a blatant violation of First Amendment Rights, they refused > >to request licenses from the Treasury Department before travelling. > >Upon their return, those who landed in Miami were held for four and > >one half hours by Treasury and Custom agents and threatened with > >arrest. In the end, however, their passports were returned and > >they were released. > > The members of the delegation were Joel Edelstein of the > >University of Colorado, Michael Erisman of Indiana State > >University, Jean Handy of the University of North Carolina, Jack > >Hopkins of Indiana University, Reid Reading of the University of > >Pittsburgh, and Wayne Smith of Johns Hopkins University. They were > >supported by Margaret Ratner of the Center for Constitutional > >Rights. > > Asked by Treasury agent if in future they would request > >licenses, members of the delegation answered that they would not, > >since to do so would not only be to condone but to cooperate with > >a regulation flagrantly at odds with the First Amendment. > > Asked further if there would be additional delegations, they > >answered in the affirmative, indicating a new groups of academics > >was already forming to travel in defiance of the offending > >regulation in late February. > > This is not an isolated effort. The seven professors named > >above found some 25 other American academics in Cuba who had also > >travelled without licenses. The Freedom to Travel Campaign in San > >Francisco has taken hundreds of American citizens to Cuba over the > >past year in defiance of travel controls, and now Cuban-American > >groups have vowed to insist on their rights and to travel to the > >island to visit families despite the August 20 prohibition against > >such travel. > > LASA members interested in joining the February delegation (at > >your own expense) should contact Wayne Smith at (202) 232-3317; or > >fax (202) 232-3440. > > > >******************************************************************* > >* H. MICHAEL ERISMAN TEl: 812/237-2429 (Office) * > >* Chair, Political Science 812/237-2430 (Dept.) * > >* Department * > >* Indiana State University FAX: 812/237-3445 * > >* Terre Haute, IN 47809 Direct To Dept * > >* * > >* E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Internet) * > >* PSMERIS@INDST (Bitnet) * > >* * > >******************************************************************* > > > > > > Gerardo Otero > Simon Fraser University > Vancouver, Canada > Tel: 604-291-4508 > Fax: 604-291-5950 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
