Country grants permits for seven imprisoned during Black Spring crackdown ahead of Barack Obama’s visit but one member says ‘It’s totally arbitrary’The Cuban government has loosened travel restrictions on some of the island’s best-known dissidents,granting them one-time permission to travel abroad ahead of Barack Obama’s trip to the island, according to activists.Obama has said his 21-22 March trip to Havana is designed to push the Cuban government to improve conditions for its people. Critics say Obama is rewarding the Cuban government despite its refusal to give citizens the ability to freely vote for their leaders and exercise their rights to free speech and assembly.
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Source: theguardian.com