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September 20, 2015

Cuban dissidents say they hope pope highlights human rights

Former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer, who leads the dissent movement Union Patriotica de Cuba, speaks during an interview in Havana Sept. 11. A week before Pope Francis arrived in Cuba, the Communist government agreed to pardon 3,522 prisoners, including elderly and people under 20 with no prior offenses.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba - A week before Pope Francis arrived here, the communist government agreed to pardon 3,522 prisoners, including elderly people and people under 20 with no prior offenses.

Published in Vatican