Cuba was freed Friday, February 11th political prisoner Eduardo Diaz Fleitas, who refused to go into exile in Spain in exchange for freedom, said his wife. "It just happened at once. Last Thursday, Cardinal Jaime Ortega called to say he would be released. Today, three security officers took him," she said .
The release of Eduardo Diaz Fleitas, a farmer aged 59 who was serving a sentence of twenty-one years in prison, took place a week after another opponent who refused to leave Spain. The latter had helped revive a process that releases paralyzed since November in which the Church is mediating with the authorities.
Freedom of opinion is not provided for the placing on the island late on January 16 opponents were arrested by police in Santa Clara, whose cyberjournalist and defender of human rights Guillermo Farinas. 
The release of Eduardo Diaz Fleitas, a farmer aged 59 who was serving a sentence of twenty-one years in prison, took place a week after another opponent who refused to leave Spain. The latter had helped revive a process that releases paralyzed since November in which the Church is mediating with the authorities.
Freedom of opinion is not provided for the placing on the island late on January 16 opponents were arrested by police in Santa Clara, whose cyberjournalist and defender of human rights Guillermo Farinas.
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