Cuba begins releasing prisoners following Biden announcements
By Dave Sherwood and Mario Fuentes LA GUINERA, Cuba (Reuters) - Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal with the Catholic C
Cuba releases a prominent dissident as part of plan to free more than 500 prisoners
Cuba has released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from jail, as part of a Cuban government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican.
Pastor released from prison after US removes Cuba from terror list
Cuban pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was released from prison before completing his eight-year sentence for peacefully protesting in 2021, joining several others who were freed after the United
Cuba starts freeing prisoners after US says it will remove terrorism designation
At the end of his one-term presidency, Joe Biden announced that Cuba will no longer be included on a list of state sponsors of terrorism.View on euronews
After U.S. lifts terror designation, Cuba starts freeing prisoners
Cuba started releasing some prisoners Wednesday as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Biden's administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of the island nation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Cubans react to Biden’s move to lift Cuba from the list of states sponsors of terrorism
As President Biden moves to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, Cubans refrain from getting their hopes up.
Cuba says mass prisoner release not related to terror designation reversal
Cuba began releasing some of its prisoners Thursday in the hours after President Joe Biden lifted its status as a state sponsor of terrorism. President-elect Donald Trump gave Cuba the status in his National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 during his first term,
Pope welcomes Cuba’s prisoner release following talks with Vatican as part of long-standing dialogue
Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken ...
There’s a sudden thaw in US-Cuba relations – but for how long?
Jose Daniel Ferrer, the leader of one of the largest banned anti-government groups in Cuba, was released two days after a ...
Freed opposition leader Ferrer urges Trump to be firm with Cuba, help alleviate hunger
(Tribune News Service) — Just hours after his release from prison on Thursday, Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer ...
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Cuba: the forced exile of journalist José Luis Tan Estrada exemplifies the growing crackdown on the press
After years of harassment, surveillance and constant threats from state security due to his reporting, freelance journalist ...
White House removes Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation, reversing Trump administration move
The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump ...
Cuba releases jailed activist Jose Daniel Ferrer
A leading Cuban dissident and activist has been released from jail as part of a wider prisoner release deal between the Cuban ...
Cuba frees prominent dissident leader José Daniel Ferrer as part of deal with the U.S.
Ferrer, the leader of the dissident organization Patriotic Union of Cuba, had previously been in prison because of his ...