US EditionCuba, Bajo Fuerte Presión De EE UU, Anuncia Indulto De 2.010 Prisioneros
State media called the release a humanitarian gesture as officials said the pardon includes young people, women, older adults and foreign nationals.
- On Thursday, Cuba announced the early release of 2,010 prisoners as a "humanitarian and sovereign gesture" coinciding with Holy Week, the largest such amnesty in 10 years.
- The announcement comes shortly after the Donald Trump administration eased a de facto oil embargo, allowing a Russian tanker to deliver crude oil to the country mired in a deep energy crisis.
- Authorities stated that beneficiaries have served "a significant portion of their sentence" and have "maintained good conduct." The government also considered the "health status" of "young people, women, and adults over the age of 60."
- By noon Friday, the Madrid-based Cuban Observatory for Human Rights had yet to register the release of any so-called "prisoners of conscience." Cuba does not publish names of released prisoners, complicating independent corroboration.
- In recent months, Donald Trump has escalated threats against Havana, even speaking of "taking" the island. According to Washington, the island poses an "exceptional threat" due to its ties with Russia, China, and Iran.
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Hugs, tears, suitcases, mothers and children. The images of the first release of prisoners following the announcement by the Cuban government on Thursday night of the largest pardon in a decade, with 2,010 beneficiaries, are a small crack in the darkness of a prison and repressive system that has not stopped acting, even in the last two months in which the pressure of the United States towards the island, in the form of an oil fence, has almost …
After the announcement of an amnesty, the Cuban government has begun the release of prisoners.
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The Straits TimesCuba begins releasing prisoners under scrutiny of rights groups, U.S. govt
Cuba began releasing prisoners from its jails on Friday just hours after its communist-run government announced a sweeping amnesty coinciding with the most intense pressure campaign applied by the U.S. in decades.
These releases come shortly after the US government eased the oil embargo it imposed on Cuba in January, allowing a ship carrying Russian crude to enter the country this week.
HAVANA (AP) — Activists who monitor the situation of political prisoners in Cuba celebrated on Friday the government's decision to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners, but warned that it does not replace the general amnesty law they have been demanding.
Cuba, bajo fuerte presión de EE UU, anuncia indulto de 2.010 prisioneros
(LPL/AFP) – El gobierno de Cuba anunció la liberación anticipada de 2.010 prisioneros como un “gesto humanitario” en el marco de la Semana Santa, la segunda excarcelación de presos anunciada en menos de un mes, en medio de una creciente presión de Washington.El indulto “aprobado por el gobierno” es un “gesto humanitario y soberano”, que ocurre “en el contexto de las celebraciones religiosas de la Semana Santa”, señaló una nota oficial leída en l…
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