Prisoners refuse to be freed if they cannot resume political activism
22.10.2010
The Cuban government might release this weekend several political prisoners who have refused to be sent to Spain, says the Spanish daily
El Mundo.
One of the prisoners, Pedro Argüelles Morán, told the newspaper that he and others had been informed by the authorities that they could be released as early as today Sunday.
The release would come one day before the meeting in Luxembourg of the European Union, where the continuation of the Union's "common position" toward Cuba will be debated.
According to El Mundo, the prisoners who refuse to leave the island say that they will accept their release only if they can "continue their political and journalistic endeavors as human-rights activists."
They also want the authorities to expunge their police records.
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