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Cuba: Spotlight on Fariñas

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco

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Posted 29 June 2010 22:31 GMT

“In the wake of the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Cuban independent journalist Guillermo Fariñas started a hunger strike to demand the release of some two dozen seriously ill political prisoners”: As his condition worsens, Uncommon Sense applauds his bravery.

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