Cardinal Ortega says remaining 11 prisoners of "Group of 75" will be freed and can stay in Cuba (morning roundup)
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- 12 / 01 / 2010
Top News: Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega announced that the remaining jailed dissidents of the "Group of 75" will be freed and allowed to stay in Cuba.
Ortega sounded sure that the prisoners would be released, but did not offer specifics. "Those who remain will be freed. I don't know when. Really that's not in my hands, but I have the clear promise that those who remain will be liberated and will stay in Cuba," Ortega said.
Ortega added that at least one of the prisoners may go to the United States.
The "Group of 75" were arrested in the Spring of 2003 under accusations of collaborating with Washington against the Cuban government.
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