Cuba published the names of 2,010 prisoners granted freedom under a sweeping amnesty, but the list has opened a new controversy instead of closing one: many of the country's most internationally known political prisoners, including artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel "Osorbo" Castillo Pérez, do not appear to have been freed.
The list was published in Cuba's official gazette under a decree signed by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. The decree grants a "full and definitive pardon" and describes the measure as a "humanitarian and sovereign gesture," according to Reuters. Cuba had announced in April that it would pardon 2,010 inmates, the second major prisoner release announced by the communist-run government this year.
