Cuba Releases Two More Dissidents

HAVANA TIMES, Feb. 5 — The Catholic Church announced the release of Ángel Moya and Guido Sigler, two of the 11 imprisoned dissidents that refused to leave the country after being released. In a communiqué, the Havana Archbishopric announced Friday that Moya wishes to stay in Cuba and Sigler expects to travel to the United States. The releases come in response to Cardinal Jaime Ortega’s negotiations and reduce to nine the number of dissidents still imprisoned out of the group of 75 sentenced to severe prison terms in 2003, reported IPS.

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