US asks Cuba to release Alan Gross

December 04, 2012 02:06

Expressing concern over the continued imprisonment of American national in Cuba, US President Barack Obama has asked the Cuban government to release him on a humanitarian basis.

"The Cuban government should release Alan Gross and return him to his family where he belongs," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.

"Tomorrow Alan Gross will begin his fourth year of unjustified imprisonment in Cuba. He was arrested on December 3, 2009, and later given a 15-year prison sentence by Cuban authorities for simply facilitating communications between Cuba's Jewish community and the rest of the world," he said.

"The President has followed (Alan) Mr Gross's case with concern, and he urges Mr Gross's release," Carney said.

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