Cuba Publishes Holy Week Amnesty List

Cuba’s Official Gazette has published the decree identifying the 2,010 convicted individuals pardoned by Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel in observance of “religious celebrations” for Holy Week.

The decree was issued as a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture” following April’s meetings between the Cuban government and the Vatican.

Of the 2,010 pardons granted, 96 individuals were implicated for “crimes against state security,” or 4.8% of the total.