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 ...

IN ANNOUNCING the normalization of relations with Cuba last month ... steps toward democracy," including the freeing of all political prisoners; and to consult with Cuban civil society, including ...

Cuba has agreed to free 52 political detainees in the largest prisoner release by the communist authorities for decades. The move follows talks in Havana with officials from Spain and the Roman ...

“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 ...

Havana - Cuba's leading human rights commission on Friday accused the government of having 60 political prisoners, a number the group acknowledges includes armed insurrectionists, hijackers and ...

Cuba, a dictatorship holding 1,000 political prisoners after 64 years in power, has announced its candidacy to join the UN Human Rights Council for the period of 2024 to 2026. The Human Rights ...

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 ...

A campaign seeking political change in one-party Communist Cuba will soon be launched with backing from domestic and international groups, a prominent dissident announced Wednesday. The campaign seeks ...

Cuba has finalized its part of a historic deal with the United States by releasing 53 political prisoners from its prisons, the U.S. said Monday. The agreement that re-established diplomatic ...

Human rights advocates earlier this week said Cuba had 167 political prisoners, including 10 on parole. This was 39 fewer than in 2009 and about half the number reported in 2006 when Raul Castro ...

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 ...