Sheehan to join protest of U.S. prison
From Times Wire Reports
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan defied a U.S. ban on travel to communist Cuba and flew to Havana to join protesters demanding the closure of the Guantanamo prison camp for terrorism suspects.
Sheehan and four other American peace activists arrived in Havana and will join 10 others on a march to the U.S. naval base in eastern Cuba where about 395 suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are being held.
The march is part of international protests planned against the prison camp Thursday, five years after it opened.
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