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May 2002 Jailed Cuban Dissident Vladimiro Roca Freed VOA News 5 May 2002 13:44 UTC   Cuba's best known political dissident, Vladimiro Roca, has been released from prison, after serving all but two months of his five-year sentence for inciting sedition. Activists view the release as a goodwill gesture to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who is to visit the communist island one week from Sunday. Mr. Roca, the son of a founding father of Cuban communism, was arrested in 1997, along with three other activists, for urging political reform. They were found guilty of inciting sedition in a 1999 closed-door trial that drew international condemnation. Freedom for the 59-year-old Mr. Roca has topped the list of human rights requests by a series of high-profile visitors to Cuba, including Pope John Paul. Analysts say the release had to be approved by the highest levels of the Cuban government, including President Fidel Castro. Witnesses say Mr. Roca was met by his wife as he left the prison in Ariza, in Cienfuegos province. Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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