(Newser)
–
Cuba
has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of
last month's historic deal
between the United States and Cuba, the US said today. The prisoners
had been on a list of opposition figures whose release was sought as
part of the US agreement last month with the Cuban government. They had
been cited by various human rights organizations as being imprisoned by
the Cuban government for exercising internationally protected freedoms
or for their promotion of political and social reforms in Cuba. The US
has verified the release, according to an official traveling with US
Secretary of State John Kerry in Pakistan.
The
official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not
authorized to discuss the issue on the record. Last month, Cuba and the
US agreed to work to restore normal diplomatic relations as part of a
deal in which Cuba freed an imprisoned US aid worker along with an
imprisoned spy working for the US and the imprisoned dissidents. The US
released several Cuba intelligence agents. The deal came after 50 years
of hostility between the two countries. (The last members of the "Cuban
Five" spy group were released last month.)
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In this Dec. 20,
2014, file photo, Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks in Havana, Cuba.
(AP Photo/Ramon
Espinosa, File)
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