The Catholic Church in Cuba has announced the release of one of the dissidents of the Group of 75 which rejects exile in Spain, and the release and transfer to Madrid from eight other prisoners who do not belong to that group. The Archbishop of Havana, said in a statement the next release of Diosdado González Marrero, one of six prisoners of the Group of 75 who were in jail and was sentenced to 20 years in the crackdown against dissidents in 2003.
González Marrero, 48, is one of the prisoners who have rejected the condition of exile to get out of jail because his intention is to stay in Cuba. As has happened in the case of other dissidents of the Group of 75 released in recent weeks, it is foreseeable that his release is in the shape of parole.
Alejandrina García de la Riva, wife of González Marrero, told Efe that the two received the news of the release by a phone call from Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who will not be able to pinpoint when the release. With the imminent release of González Marrero, would still be in jail five opponents of the Group of 75, considering all prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International.
The Cuban church also announced in a previously reported to be released and moved to Spain eight other prisoners who belong to the opposition of 75. They are prisoners Osvaldo Gonzalez Montesinos, José Miguel Fernández Torné, Enrique Martínez Ramírez, José Rodríguez Chavez, Carlos Martín Gómez, Ernesto Durán Rodríguez, Gilberto Martinez and Mario Alberto Martínez Pérez Aguilera.
Five of the eight prisoners appear in the lists of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) with sentences ranging from three to thirty years for crimes involving violence, disrespect for authority and illegally leaving the island. Chávez and Martínez Rodríguez Martínez were arrested in 2008 and sentenced to four years on charges of "pre-criminal social dangerousness", while Gonzalez Montesinos received that year a three-year sentence for "insulting the head of state." For his part, Martin Gomez was sentenced to 30 years in 2000 on charges of piracy and contempt, and Martinez Ramirez was sentenced to 10 years on terrorism charges following his arrest in 2003.
Cuba's government pledged last year to release all prisoners of the Group of 75 who remained in prison (52 at the time), after an unprecedented dialogue with the Catholic Church was supported by the Government of Spain. Forty of these dissidents were released from prison after accepting the condition of going to Spain, while the release of those who do not accept exile has suffered more delays.
The Cuban authorities extended their offer to release other prisoners convicted of offenses against State security but are not considered prisoners of conscience or the internal opposition recognizes mostly as active dissidents. 
González Marrero, 48, is one of the prisoners who have rejected the condition of exile to get out of jail because his intention is to stay in Cuba. As has happened in the case of other dissidents of the Group of 75 released in recent weeks, it is foreseeable that his release is in the shape of parole.
Alejandrina García de la Riva, wife of González Marrero, told Efe that the two received the news of the release by a phone call from Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who will not be able to pinpoint when the release. With the imminent release of González Marrero, would still be in jail five opponents of the Group of 75, considering all prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International.
The Cuban church also announced in a previously reported to be released and moved to Spain eight other prisoners who belong to the opposition of 75. They are prisoners Osvaldo Gonzalez Montesinos, José Miguel Fernández Torné, Enrique Martínez Ramírez, José Rodríguez Chavez, Carlos Martín Gómez, Ernesto Durán Rodríguez, Gilberto Martinez and Mario Alberto Martínez Pérez Aguilera.
Five of the eight prisoners appear in the lists of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) with sentences ranging from three to thirty years for crimes involving violence, disrespect for authority and illegally leaving the island. Chávez and Martínez Rodríguez Martínez were arrested in 2008 and sentenced to four years on charges of "pre-criminal social dangerousness", while Gonzalez Montesinos received that year a three-year sentence for "insulting the head of state." For his part, Martin Gomez was sentenced to 30 years in 2000 on charges of piracy and contempt, and Martinez Ramirez was sentenced to 10 years on terrorism charges following his arrest in 2003.
Cuba's government pledged last year to release all prisoners of the Group of 75 who remained in prison (52 at the time), after an unprecedented dialogue with the Catholic Church was supported by the Government of Spain. Forty of these dissidents were released from prison after accepting the condition of going to Spain, while the release of those who do not accept exile has suffered more delays.
The Cuban authorities extended their offer to release other prisoners convicted of offenses against State security but are not considered prisoners of conscience or the internal opposition recognizes mostly as active dissidents.
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