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Cuba has freed all 53 political prisoners it had promised to release as part as an historic rapprochement with the United States, a U.S. official said Monday. The names of the prisoners were not ...
Sponsor Message Cuba also agreed at the time to release 53 detainees regarded as political prisoners by the U.S. NPR's Michele Kelemen tells our Newscast unit that "the U.S. Interests Section ...
“Nobody seriously thinks that there are not political prisoners in Cuba,” Smith said. “Just laughable that Raul Castro will ask for a list. There are many lists being circulated.” Smith ...
Cuba has released its longest-serving political prisoner Francisco Chaviano Gonzalez, who spent more than 13 years in jail, the communist-run country's main human rights group said. Mr Chaviano ...
But 52 have remained behind bars – most serving lengthy prison terms on charges of conspiring with Washington to destabilise Cuba's political system. Five were due to be freed on Wednesday night ...