Laura Pollan, leader of The Ladies in White, a group made up of family members of imprisoned dissidents, speaks on the phone to another dissident, Guillermo Farinas, who has been on a hunger strike for 134 days, seeking the freedom of 25 ailing political prisoners, after news of government plans to release prisoners in Havana July 7, 2010. The Cuban government will free 52 political prisoners, Cuba's Catholic church said on Wednesday, in a major concession to international pressure to improve its human rights. It said five of the prisoners would be released later on Wednesday and allowed to go to Spain, while the remaining 47 would be freed over the next few months. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 22 months ago

Laura Pollan, leader of The Ladies in White, a group made up of family members of imprisoned dissidents, speaks on the phone to another dissident, Guillermo Farinas, who has been on a hunger strike for 134 days, seeking the freedom of 25 ailing political prisoners, after news of government plans to release prisoners in Havana July 7, 2010. The Cuban government will free 52 political prisoners, Cuba's Catholic church said on Wednesday, in a major concession to international pressure to improve its human rights. It said five of the prisoners would be released later on Wednesday and allowed to go to Spain, while the remaining 47 would be freed over the next few months.

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