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Writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats Released from Prison

Writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats Released from Prison / Luis Felipe Rojas
Posted on July 18, 2015

Luis Felipe Rojas, 18 July 2015 — In the early evening of this Friday,
17 July, the Cuban writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats was released from
prison. The news raced from the editor of his blog, the Argentinian
Elisa Tabakman. Elisa sent messages to Santiesteban's friends immediately.

"I was released on parole, which they had denied me April and June and
recently they told me they would grant it in August, but they released
me today," was Angel's statement to the blog "Crossing the Barbed Wire"
from the home of regime opponent Antonio Rodiles in the Playa
municipality of Havana.

Santiesteban entered prison on 18 February 2013, charged with "violation
of domicile" and accused of beating his ex-wife. His case was plagued by
clear legal violations and the process was repeatedly denounced by his
family members, his first attorney, Amelia Rodriguez Cala, and dozens of
human rights activists.

Santiesteban's release occurred just hours before the beginning of
functions at the embassies of the United States and Cuba, which until
now have maintained interest sections in their respective capitals since
the end of the '70s of the last century.

Writers, human rights activists, and people of good will, have generally
received the news of Angel Santiesteban-Prats' release with pleasure.

Source: Writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats Released from Prison / Luis
Felipe Rojas | Translating Cuba -
http://translatingcuba.com/writer-angel-santiesteban-prats-released-from-prison-luis-felipe-rojas/

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