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February 17, 2010

Cuban political prisoner released from Castro gulag

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Francisco Díaz

The Castro dictatorship has had enough enough of Francisco Herodes Díaz Echemendía.

After Díaz, a political prisoner since August 1990 when he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, refused to follow a set of conditions for his release, authorities on Monday let him out anyway, according to a report from Cuban independent journalist Ainí Martín Valero.

Still, officials must be worried that he will resume his opposition activities. Martín reported that two activists waiting at the Boniato prison for Díaz's release were arrested, taken to State Security headquarters in Santiago de Cuba and warned to stay away from Díaz.

According to Díaz had been subjected to numerous beatings and other abuse during his time in the Castro gulag — including being branded with "CR," for "counter-revolutionary."

Read my Political Prisoner of the Week profile of Díaz, here.

(H/T CubaNet)

Posted by on February 17, 2010 at 05:33 AM in Cuba, Cuba - Political Prisoner of the Week |

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