Cubans marked the 15th anniversary of the arrest of the Cuban Five Thursday, displaying yellow ribbons and calling for the United States to release the men from prison. The Cuban Five were arrested on September 12, 1998, and later convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They say they were not spying on the United States but trying to monitor violent right-wing Cuban exile groups responsible for attacks inside Cuba. Four members of the Cuban Five remain behind bars while the fifth, René González, was released on parole in 2011. Adriana Pérez, wife of Cuban Five member Gerardo Hernández, spoke at an event in Havana.

Adriana Pérez: “Today is a movement of solidarity, a message to the people of the United States so that they ask their president and their government to return the Cuban Five with a signature that he can give to free them. Gerardo, my husband, is jailed on two life sentences. He’s condemned to die in prison. So, all that is left is a humanitarian gesture, which is what we are asking the president of the United States and his people for.”

Watch our interview with the late journalist Saul Landau, who made many films, including “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,” about the Cuban Five. Saul died Monday at the age of 77.