Index on Censorship » Wilmar Villar Mendoza http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Wilmar Villar Mendoza http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Cuba: Jailed dissident dies after hunger strike http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/cuba-dissident-dies-in-jail-after-hunger-strike/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/cuba-dissident-dies-in-jail-after-hunger-strike/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:19:05 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=32296 Dissident Wilmar Villar Mendoza, has died in a hospital in eastern Cuba following a 56-day hunger strike. Villar launched his strike shortly after his November arrest, after which he was put on trial and sentenced to four years in prison for crimes including disobedience, resistance and crimes against the state. Fellow opposition activists have claimed mistreatment by the Cuban government [...]

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