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March 27, 2006
Blogburst for Guillermo Fariņas Hernandez

Posted by Bill

A journalist has rejected food and water for 57 days to protest the Castro government's denial of unfettered internet access to the Cuban people. The last update on his condition simply states that he's "about to die."

We'd know more about his condition, but ... well ... Cuban journalists don't have uncensored access to the internet.

Please spread the word by linking to the Guillermo Fariņas Hernandez blogburst over at babalu blog.

Background on Cuba's underground free press, including a mention of Fariņas' impact, can be found here.

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Are we sure he had access to food and water in the first place? This is Castro's Cuba we're talking about, after all.

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