Cuba publishes list of prisoners released in April amnesty

HAVANA - Cuba on Monday published a complete list of prisoners released as part of an amnesty announced last month, at a time of tense negotiations between the island's government and the United States.

The names were included in a decree from President Miguel Diaz-Canel published in Cuba's government gazette.

The decree grants "full and definitive pardon" to an extensive list of prisoners, describing the move as a "humanitarian and sovereign gesture."

Cuba said in April it planned to free more than 2,000 ‌prisoners from the island's jails, the second time this year its communist-run government had announced a prisoner amnesty.

The government had not previously released the identities of those released.

(Reporting by Dave Sherwood; Editing by Brendan O'Boyle)

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This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM.