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July 15, 2010

2 more former prisoners arrive in Madrid

Otros_presos_cubanos_liberados_llegan_Madrid Mijail Bárzaga, left, and Luis Milán, after their arrival in Madrid. (El País.com photo)

Two former political prisoners — the independent journalist Mijail Bárzaga Lugo and the democracy activist Luis Milán Fernández — today took exile in Madrid, joining nine other dissidents released from the Castro gulag this week.

Like the others, Bárzaga and Milán had been imprisoned since the "black spring" crackdown in 2003.

Committee to Protect Journalists interviewed Bárzaga after his arrival in the Spanish capital.

“These releases brought us great relief, and I hope they open the way to more changes in Cuba,” Bárzaga said. “Although it is wonderful to be with my family again, I cannot be 100 percent happy knowing that many colleagues are still in jail in Cuba."

Posted by on July 15, 2010 at 09:42 PM in Cuba, Cuba - Political Prisoner of the Week |

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