According to Freedom House:
Cuba Should Honor its Promise to Release Prisoners
Freedom House calls upon the Cuban government to release all remaining members of the "Group of 75" political prisoners who were imprisoned during the Black Spring of 2003.
"The Cuban government should honor the deadline it agreed to earlier in the year and free all Cuban activists from its prisons," said David Kramer, executive director of Freedom House. "These activists have been severely punished for nothing more than expressing their desire for democratic self-governance."
On July 7, following negotiations with the Cuban Catholic Church and the Spanish government, the Cuban government announced its decision to release the remaining 52 political prisoners from the Group of 75 over the course of four months. Since then, 39 members of the Group of 75 have been released, along with several additional prisoners who were not part of the Group of 75.
"While we welcome the release of 46 unjustly held political prisoners over the past four months, we are concerned by reports that 13 members of the Group of 75 still remain in prison because they refuse to accept forced exile from the Cuban authorities," continued Kramer. "The Cuban government should release all political prisoners immediately and respect their right to remain in, or return to, Cuba."
Freedom House consistently ranks Cuba among the world's worst regimes. Cuba is ranked Not Free in the 2010 edition of Freedom in the World, Freedom House's annual survey of political rights and civil liberties, and in the 2010 edition of Freedom of the Press. The island nation received the lowest ranking in Freedom on the Net, a study of internet freedom in 15 countries released in 2009.
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