Cuban prisoner angry he was not part of pardon dies of heart attack during hunger strike
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Cuban prisoner angry he was not part of pardon dies of heart attack during hunger strike

Havana : Cuba | Jan 02, 2012 at 5:34 PM PST
Source: Washington Post
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A leading human rights activist says a Cuban prisoner who launched a hunger strike because he was not part of a large prison amnesty has died of an apparent heart attack. Rights activist Elizardo Sanchez said Monday that Rene Cobas died Sunday in the Boniato prison near the western city of Santiago. FULL ARTICLE AT Washington Post
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