Rubio Presses President Obama For Answers On The Conditions Of Release For 53 Political Prisoners In Cuba: 1.usa.gov/1y8KZzO Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today pressed President Obama for answers regarding the conditions under which 53 former political prisoners were released as part of the administration’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba. In a letter to the President, Rubio urged Obama to provide answers regarding many of the uncertainties surrounding the release of the prisoners, and called on him to ensure that U.S. policy toward Cuba would be devoted to ending human rights abuses committed by the Castro regime. “Cuban activists report that many of the people on the list had already been released months prior to your announcement on December 17, in one case, more than a year earlier. Others had already served the bulk of their sentences and were already due to be released. One political prisoner was released and then subsequently re-arrested and beaten and then released again,” wrote Rubio. “Human rights groups also report that many of those released have been done so conditionally with charges still pending against them, released on probation, released with the threat of being imprisoned again if they resume their efforts in support of freedom for the Cuban people, or released with prohibitions on being able to leave the country.” “I urge you to ensure that U.S. policy going forward is devoted to ending the regime that has committed these abuses, not strengthening it through half measures and incomplete negotiations,” added Rubio. “The goal of U.S. policy should be to ensure that there are no more political prisoners in Cuba.”
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:11:01 +0000
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