The Cuban Catholic Church on Thursday announced the upcoming release of opposition Oscar Elias Biscet, belonging to the group of the Group of 75 and a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Biscet, who was serving a sentence of 25 years for acts against the independence and territorial integrity of the state, is one of the jailed opposition has rejected the condition of exile to his release from prison.
On the other hand, the Church announced the release and transfer to Spain of nine other prisoners, none of them members of the Group of 75 ", prisoners who were convicted in the" Black Spring "of 2003. A statement from the Archdiocese of Havana announced the upcoming release of prisoners Love René González, Jorge Luis Adan Gonzalez, Francisco Rangel Fidel Sánchez Hernández Valle Osvel, Randol Mursuli Roca, Juan Luis Rodríguez Desdín, Douglas Faxas Rosabal, Carlos Luis Díaz Fernández Armando Alcántara Clavijo.
Five of the nine inmates listed in the lists of political prisoners from the opposition Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) with sentences from 2 to 25 years in prison. Among the crimes for which they were punished include piracy, terrorism, defiance of authority, illegal possession of weapons, illegal departure from the island, theft, escape disobedience and public disorder.
Fidel Francisco Rangel Sanchez was arrested in 2003 and is the one with the greatest sorrow in the group, 25 years for terrorism. It is followed by Carlos Luis Díaz Fernández, held in 1992, who was serving a sentence of 19 years for attempting to leave the country illegally, avoidance, defiance and disobedience.
In the case of Douglas Faxas Rosabal, arrested in 2000, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for piracy, illegal possession of firearms, violation of rules on guard duty and combat theft. René González Love is in prison since 2005 and was sentenced to 8 years on charges of contempt and destruction, while Juan Luis Rodríguez Desdín was jailed in 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.
In the case of Luis Jogee Adam Osvel Valle, Armando Roca and Alcántara Randol no data available on the timing, reasons for incarceration and conviction. So far, 94 Cuban prisoners have agreed to go to Spain to leave the prison in Cuba, of which 40 are of the Group of 75. Eight other dissidents of the Group of 75 who refuse to exile have been released in recent months and remain in Cuba.
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. The Cuban authorities extended their offer to release other prisoners convicted of offenses against state security, although many of them internal opposition not recognize them as active dissidents. 
On the other hand, the Church announced the release and transfer to Spain of nine other prisoners, none of them members of the Group of 75 ", prisoners who were convicted in the" Black Spring "of 2003. A statement from the Archdiocese of Havana announced the upcoming release of prisoners Love René González, Jorge Luis Adan Gonzalez, Francisco Rangel Fidel Sánchez Hernández Valle Osvel, Randol Mursuli Roca, Juan Luis Rodríguez Desdín, Douglas Faxas Rosabal, Carlos Luis Díaz Fernández Armando Alcántara Clavijo.
Five of the nine inmates listed in the lists of political prisoners from the opposition Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) with sentences from 2 to 25 years in prison. Among the crimes for which they were punished include piracy, terrorism, defiance of authority, illegal possession of weapons, illegal departure from the island, theft, escape disobedience and public disorder.
Fidel Francisco Rangel Sanchez was arrested in 2003 and is the one with the greatest sorrow in the group, 25 years for terrorism. It is followed by Carlos Luis Díaz Fernández, held in 1992, who was serving a sentence of 19 years for attempting to leave the country illegally, avoidance, defiance and disobedience.
In the case of Douglas Faxas Rosabal, arrested in 2000, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for piracy, illegal possession of firearms, violation of rules on guard duty and combat theft. René González Love is in prison since 2005 and was sentenced to 8 years on charges of contempt and destruction, while Juan Luis Rodríguez Desdín was jailed in 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.
In the case of Luis Jogee Adam Osvel Valle, Armando Roca and Alcántara Randol no data available on the timing, reasons for incarceration and conviction. So far, 94 Cuban prisoners have agreed to go to Spain to leave the prison in Cuba, of which 40 are of the Group of 75. Eight other dissidents of the Group of 75 who refuse to exile have been released in recent months and remain in Cuba.
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. The Cuban authorities extended their offer to release other prisoners convicted of offenses against state security, although many of them internal opposition not recognize them as active dissidents.
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