Sources: BBC
Cuba begins releasing political prisoners after announcing it will pardon 2,010 inmates amid U.S. pressure on the Cuban government. 2026-04-3
Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month. 2015-01-6
Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners – including some political prisoners – in the next few days. 2011-12-24
The inaugural meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States due to be held in Venezuela next week is deferred due to a slow recovery of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez from an operation in Cuba. 2011-06-30
United States aid worker Alan Gross is sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban jail, ostensibly for working to undermine the Government of Cuba. 2011-03-12
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
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