More Cuban political prisoners freed
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Your support makes all the difference.Seven more political prisoners are to be freed by the Communist government, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday. Six people convicted of crimes against state security planned to leave for Spain, but one intends to remain in Cuba and return to the independent reporting that led to his arrest. Ivan Hernandez was among 75 people arrested in a crackdown on dissidents in 2003.
The releases continue a slow stream of prisoners who have been freed recently at the behest of the Church, with most of them quickly sent into exile.
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