NEW YORK—More than 45 people gathered at the Federal Building here October 13 to demand the release of five Cuban revolutionaries imprisoned in the United States for more than 11 years on frame-up charges.

The prisoners—Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, René González, and Antonio Guerrero—are known as the Cuban Five. They were monitoring rightist groups that operate from the United States to carry out violent activity aimed at overturning the Cuban Revolution. During their mission the five were arrested by the FBI and later convicted on conspiracy charges. Gross violations of their democratic rights characterized the trial.

The picket was organized by the Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5.

—BEN JOYCE