political prisoner
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The latest releases began early on Christmas Day, according to the Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners, an advocacy group made up of rights activists and relatives of political prisoners.
From Barron's
John Coale was attending an event at the British Embassy in Washington when the State Department called, with a request: Could he go to Belarus and retrieve a political prisoner with an American passport?
Luis Robles, 33 years old, a political prisoner in Cuba until October and now in exile in Spain, said, “The situation for ordinary Cubans is very hard.”
While several activists have been released in recent years, human rights groups estimate that tens of thousands of political prisoners remain in detention -- claims which the authorities deny.
From Barron's
Cristobal’s father had worked for the Cuban national police before becoming a political prisoner and fleeing to the U.S. in 1961.
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