MADRID (AFP) – Two more political prisoners from Cuba arrived in Spain Thursday, bringing to 25 the number who have reached the country following their release by Havana in a deal with the Catholic Church.">MADRID (AFP) – Two more political prisoners from Cuba arrived in Spain Thursday, bringing to 25 the number who have reached the country following their release by Havana in a deal with the Catholic Church.">

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More Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain

MADRID (AFP) – Two more political prisoners from Cuba arrived in Spain Thursday, bringing to 25 the number who have reached the country following their release by Havana in a deal with the Catholic Church.

The two journalists -- Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, 44, and Fabio Prieto Llorente, 47 -- arrived on separate flights accompanied by a total of 16 relatives, an AFP photographer at the airport said.

Twenty Cuban dissidents arrived in Spain last month and a three more on Tuesday following their release by Havana.

One more, 61-year-old journalist Juan Adolfo Fernandez, is expected on Friday.

In a deal struck between the Catholic Church and the government of President Raul Castro that was brokered by Spain, Cuba agreed to free 52 of 75 dissidents sentenced in 2003 to prison terms of up to 28 years.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100819/wl_afp/cubaspaindissidentsrights_20...

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