Héctor Maseda and Angel Moyá greet each on Saturday. (CNN photo)
Not missing the chance to again show Cubans and the world its cruel, repressive nature, the Castro dictatorship on Saturday dealt one final blow — literally — before releasing two prisoners of conscience in jail since 2003.
Héctor Maseda and Angel Moyá, who had insisted they would remain in jail until two seriously ill prisoners were released first, were dragged from their cells Saturday and driven home. In Moyá's case, police officers beat Moyá while taking him to be reunited with his wife in Havana.
For more than seven months, Maseda and Moyá had been among the prisoners who insisted they would not accept release from prison if it meant they had to accept forced exile to Spain. And more recently, they insisted that seriously ill prisoners be released before they would take parole.
So the regime on Saturday sent in its goons to deliver the "good news" that they had been released
After all, the dictatorship had a promise to keep, since the Cuban Catholic Church — the regime's partner in orchestrating the releases for the maximum benefit for the regime and the maximum pain for the prisoners — had announced this month that they were set to be freed.
Their continued resistance would not be tolerated.
The releases are welcome for the prisoners and their families, especially it appears they will be allowed to stay in Cuba.
But the manner in which they were released illustrates that their former jailers have not changed.
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For evidence of how little the regime has changed, consider this: To coincide with their strong-armed release of Maseda and Moya, the regime unleashed its slaves to carry out an "act of repudiation" against the parolees and their families.
You almost feel sorry for those Cubans recruited to carry out "acts of repudiation" against opponents of the Castro regime. (Reuters photo)
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