Cuban dissident wins prize
October 21st 2010 20:57
The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize to dissident Guillermo Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners.
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas sits in his home in Santa Clara, central Cuba, February 26, 2010. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize on October 21 to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government.
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