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Britain bowed to Washington yesterday and banned Cuban star witness René González from attending a landmark inquiry into discredited US prison sentences handed to him and four compatriots.
Cuba solidarity activists confirmed the "unsettling" news hours before he had been scheduled to arrive in London.
Anger grew as it was revealed that Mr González has been granted a visa by France that will allow him travel across Europe - apart from close US ally Britain.
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON