Jose Daniel Ferrer (R), who leads the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), the country's largest dissident group, sits at UNPACU's headquarter in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, December 2, 2016. Picture taken December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Sarah Marsh
HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban dissident and human rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer told Reuters on Thursday he had been released from jail and was at home, part of a broader plan negotiated with the Vatican to gradually free upwards of 500 prisoners.
The Cuban government began liberating a small number of prisoners on Wednesday, following talks with the Catholic Church that prompted U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to announce it would significantly loosen sanctions on the crisis-racked nation.
