Rubio: Cancel meetings with Cuba until prisoners released

The White House announced that it would seek to normalize relations with Cuba last month and said the Castro regime had agreed to free 53 political prisoners. But the release deal, which the Obama administration stressed was not a precondition for opening up relations with Cuba, has been shrouded in secrecy. The White House has not issued the names of the dissidents or said how many have been freed so far.

According to Rubio, the Obama administration has not yet shared the names of the prisoners with members of Congress.

“To date, no information has been provided about the political prisoners to be released—regarding their identities, conditions or whereabouts, even on a confidential basis, to members of Congress,” wrote Rubio.