At least 30 Cuban political prisoners have been released in the last 48 hours, dissident leaders said Thursday, January 8, as Cuba moves towards normalizing ties with the United States. “So far we’re counting a total of 30 releases, including 24 from the UNPACU,” said Jose Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), a dissident group based in the communist island’s east. Elizardo Sanchez, a prominent dissident from the Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Committee, said his group had counted more than 30.
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