Cuba freeing prisoners after the US said it would lift terror designation

Cuban and American flags fly in the wind outside the American embassy in Havana, Cuba (Ariel Ley/AP)

Cuba has started releasing prisoners, one day after President Joe Biden’s administration announced his intent to lift the US designation of the island nation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

More than a dozen people convicted of different crimes — some arrested after taking part in 2021 protests — were released during the day, according to Cuban civil groups following the cases of detainees on the island.