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Cuban protesters sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, more await verdicts

Odlanier Santiago Rodríguez, who was accused of participating in the recent protests against the government and released after 22 days in prison, waits by the door of his home in La Guinera neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. © Ramon Espinosa, AP

Cuban courts have handed out sentences of up to 20 years in prison to a group of people accused of taking part in protests that swept across the island in July, relatives and activists said Tuesday.

The 20 defendants sentenced in the eastern province of Holguin were convicted after trials last month on charges of sedition. Hundreds of other people await verdicts following trials elsewhere.

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