The Cuban government decided to release 2,010 sentenced individuals. According to an official notification released Thursday night in Havana. The notification states that this decision is in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic.
“This humanitarian and sovereign gesture stemmed from a careful analysis of the nature of the crimes committed by the citizens. Their good conduct in prison, the fact that they had served a significant portion of their sentence, and their state of health,” the government statement specifies.
It also details that “the total number of those released includes young people, women, adults over 60 years of age. Also those who reached the end of their early release in the last six months and next year. As well as foreigners and Cuban citizens residing abroad.”
Furthermore, it specifies that those pardoned do not include individuals who “committed crimes of sexual assault, pedophilia with violence, murder, homicide. Drug offenses, theft and slaughter of livestock, robbery with violence or force using weapons, corruption of minors. Crimes against authority, repeat offenders and multiple repeat offenders, and some who were previously pardoned and committed new crimes.”
The statement highlights that this is the “second release of prisoners” in 2026. “In the context of the religious celebrations of Holy Week,” and emphasizes that it is “a common practice in our criminal justice system. And part of the humanitarian history of the Revolution.”
“Also this is the fifth pardon granted by the Cuban government since 2011, benefiting more than 11,000 people.” States the text published on the main local television news program and on several digital platforms.
With information from Prensa Latina
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