Weekly Report - 27 May 2010 (WR-10-21)

President Raúl Castro held talks with the hierarchy of Cuba's Roman Catholic Church on 19 May. Over the course of the next few days it emerged that the talks included ameliorating conditions for political prisoners. Speculation is rife in the foreign media that this could be the first step towards freeing the prisoners, who have been in the international media spotlight since the death of a hunger-striking prisoner Orlando Zapata in February and the ongoing hunger strike since then of a dissident journalist, Guillermo Fariñas.

End of preview - This article contains approximately 370 words.

Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article

Not a Subscriber?

Choose from one of the following options

• Subscribe
• Sign up for a one-time, 14-day trial