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Cuba: New Angle on Wilman Villar Case

Written byFiruzeh Shokooh Valle
Posted 7 February 2012 23:10 GMT

The Miami Herald reports that the widow of Wilman Villar -the Cuban prisoner who died recently after a hunger strike purportedly in protest against the government- has confirmed that her husband was put in jail after being arrested for domestic violence.

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