The usual parade Sunday the Ladies in White on Fifth Avenue in Havana yesterday was the symbolic presence of Hector Maseda and Angel Moya, two of the prisoners of the Group of 75 who refuse to exile in Spain, which were released by the government of Raul Castro on Saturday. Maseda, engineer and freelance journalist, and Moya, construction worker, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on summary trials in the spring of 2003.
Like the rest of his teammates, the NGOs Amnesty International considers them prisoners of conscience. On Sunday, after attending a Mass in the church of Santa Rita, both stated that they will remain on the island and continue their opposition activity. "The struggle continues, Cuba will be free.
The Government has the power, but the law, morality and ethics are on our side," said Angel Moya. The releases were well received in diplomatic circles, who considered his release from prison, with a "parole", not a pardon, as they required, as evidence that the seven members of the Group of 75 who still remain in prison be released in the coming weeks.
The release of Moya Maseda and has special significance because it is the husband of Laura Pollan and Berta Soler, the two main leaders of the Ladies in White, who with their weekly marches in the street have called the world's attention in recent years and have been awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament.
Last July the government of Raul Castro is committed to the Catholic Church to release and allow the exit to Spain to 52 members of the Group of 75 at that time still in prison. 40 of those prisoners agreed to the condition of exile and have arrived in Spain in recent months in the company of their families.
However, 12 prisoners, called planted by his refusal to leave the island and exile, were kept in jail. In recent weeks, the government has unblocked the situation and has also begun to release these opponents.
Like the rest of his teammates, the NGOs Amnesty International considers them prisoners of conscience. On Sunday, after attending a Mass in the church of Santa Rita, both stated that they will remain on the island and continue their opposition activity. "The struggle continues, Cuba will be free.
The Government has the power, but the law, morality and ethics are on our side," said Angel Moya. The releases were well received in diplomatic circles, who considered his release from prison, with a "parole", not a pardon, as they required, as evidence that the seven members of the Group of 75 who still remain in prison be released in the coming weeks.
The release of Moya Maseda and has special significance because it is the husband of Laura Pollan and Berta Soler, the two main leaders of the Ladies in White, who with their weekly marches in the street have called the world's attention in recent years and have been awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament.
Last July the government of Raul Castro is committed to the Catholic Church to release and allow the exit to Spain to 52 members of the Group of 75 at that time still in prison. 40 of those prisoners agreed to the condition of exile and have arrived in Spain in recent months in the company of their families.
However, 12 prisoners, called planted by his refusal to leave the island and exile, were kept in jail. In recent weeks, the government has unblocked the situation and has also begun to release these opponents.
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