Cuba releases dissidents Felix Navarro and Jose Ferrer

The Cuban government has freed the last two dissidents still in jail after a crackdown on opposition activists in 2003.

Jose Ferrer and Felix Navarro were among 75 opponents of the government arrested eight years ago.
The dissidents' freedom was brokered by the Roman Catholic Church last year, with most agreeing to go into exile.
The remaining prisoners had refused to leave the island.
Mr Navarro, 57, a teacher and political activist, and 40-year-old Mr Ferrer, a fisherman, were freed early on Wednesday.
"My dad is in great spirits, very upbeat, very happy - and prepared to pick up where he left off in 2003," Mr Navarro's daughter, Sayli, told the AFP news agency.
Last July, Cuban President Raul Castro agreed after talks with Catholic Church leaders to free the 52 dissidents still behind bars after the 2003 crackdown.
Most were released in the following weeks and went into exile in Spain, but several, including Mr Navarro and Mr Ferrer, stayed in jail because they refused to leave Cuba.
Earlier this year, the authorities began releasing the remaining dissidents without insisting they go into exile.
Reacting to news of the latest releases, Amnesty International said the activists should never have been jailed in the first place.
"The release of all prisoners of conscience from the March 2003 crackdown and an activist detained last December is a step in the right direction for human rights in Cuba," Amnesty Cuba expert Gerardo Ducos.
"What we want to see now is for the Cuban authorities to not force activists into exile as a condition for their release and to ensure all human rights activists are able to carry out their legitimate work without fear of threat, harassment, further arrests or unfair trials in their own country."