November 14, 2010
One of the world's most famous political prisoners, Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, was released today from house arrest, under which she had spent most of the last 20 years.
Suu Kyi refused to accept any type of conditional release. Therefore, she was released within her homeland and has vowed to continue the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma.
Cuba's political prisoners deserve no less.
Yet, pursuant to a deal struck last July by the Catholic Church and the Castro regime, not a single political prisoner has been released within Cuba. Instead, Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega has sought to convince political prisoners to accept banishment to Spain as a condition of their release.
That, too, is a violation of their fundamental human rights.
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