The inmates of the prison were not just political dissidents.
Q: Do you think of yourself as a political dissident?
The climate has also improved for political dissidents in the past two years.
Their experience is in some fashion shared by thousands of political and religious dissidents here.
In the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, the site was a popular meeting place for political dissidents.
These sorts of positions, he said, made the church view him as a political dissident.
In the 1970s, the island was again used as an offshore prison for political dissidents.
Hundreds of political dissidents remain in prison who must be released.
He later became a political dissident and activist for independent Georgia.
This time, interviews of some Cuban political dissidents are included as well.