Sources: BBC
Hurricane Ian makes its fourth landfall in South Carolina, after devastating portions of Florida and Cuba. 2022-09-30
Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month. 2015-01-6
President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir orders the release of all political prisoners. 2013-04-1
Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners – including some political prisoners – in the next few days. 2011-12-24
The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba announces that the government will release two more political prisoners to exile in Spain. 2010-12-24
Cuba frees political prisoner Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique, one of 13 prisoners who had refused to go into exile in exchange for their freedom. 2010-11-14
As part of a lengthy interview with the Mexican newspaper "La Jornada", Fidel Castro admits responsibility for the persecution of homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959.2010-08-31
Cuba releases 7 political prisoners and sends them into exile in Spain, the first in a wave of 52. 2010-07-12
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas ends a 134 day hunger strike after the Cuban government is to release 52 political prisoners. 2010-07-8
President of the United States Barack Obama requests that Cuba's leaders release all political prisoners, describing human rights there as "deeply disturbing". 2010-03-25