Reuters
Mon Jul 19, 11:00 am ET
GENEVA (Reuters) – Cuba's government should follow the release of 11
political prisoners flown to Spain earlier this month with further
liberalizing moves, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on
Monday.
The freeing of the 11, part of a deal between the Cuban government and
the communist-ruled island's Catholic church that is supposed to see a
total of 52 leave jail, was encouraging, Ban told reporters during a
brief visit to Geneva.
"Of course, we expect that there should be more conciliatory measures
taken by the Cuban authorities establishing the rule of law and
respecting human rights," he said.
"That is a fundamental principle of the United Nations charter. That is
what I would encourage," added the U.N. chief who last week discussed
the freeing of the prisoners in Madrid with Spanish foreign minister
Miguel Angel Moratinos.
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