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February 24, 2010

Cuban Dissident Dies After Hunger Strike
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In news from Cuba, a leading opponent of the Cuban government has died
after a lengthy hunger strike. Orlando Zapata Tamayo had refused to eat
for eighty-five days to protest what he called inhumane jail conditions.
Amnesty International had declared him a prisoner of conscience. He had
been jailed since 2003.