Release of Cuban prisoner of conscience is long overdue

Thursday 24 June 2010 The release of a Cuban prisoner of conscience who spent almost a year in pre-trial detention at a maximum security prison after organizing protests critical of the government is long overdue The release of a Cuban prisoner of conscience who spent almost a year in pre-trial detention at a maximum security prison after organizing protests critical of the government is long overdue, Amnesty International has said.Darsi Ferrer was convicted on Tuesday on spurious charges of receiving illegally obtained goods and "violence or intimidation against a state official". …

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