The recent release of 2,000 prisoners was welcome, as is the recent release of Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a political prisoner in the Defending Freedoms project of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. But Over 700 prisoners of conscience remain behind bars, according to Human Rights Watch. Yet for all the abuse of the Cuban people by the Cuban government, so too has the United States deprived the Cuban people of enjoying their economic and social rights. (00:56–01:02)
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Asserts that over 700 prisoners of conscience are still imprisoned in Cuba.
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