69038128 Cuba frees two more political prisoners
Cuban authorities agreed to release two more political prisoners, said on Feb. 4 Spanish agency Europa Press. According to representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in Havana, involved in the fate of prisoners in Cuba, the opposition, appropriate orders have been signed. This is an Angel Juan Moya Acosta (Angel Juan Moya Acosta) and Guido Sigler Amaya (Guido Sigler Amaya). The first is headed by the Movement for Democracy and Freedom in Cuba (Movimiento por la Democracia y la Libertad de Cuba) and after release remains on the island. The second part of the opposition organizations "alternate choice" (Opcion Alternativa), and with the permission of the Cuban authorities to emigrate to the United States. Acosta and Amaya was among 75 journalists, writers and political activists who were arrested by police during the Cuban repressive raids in March 2003 (known in Cuba as "Black Spring"). All of the subsequently sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 to 28 years. In August 2010 the Cuban authorities, headed by Raul Castro promised to free all 52 prisoners who remained in custody after an arrest in 2003. To date, 40 people released dissidents. All of them were sheltered in their own, Spain. Thus, after the liberation of Acosta and Amaya in captivity are still nine of 75 of the Cuban opposition, said the agency.
