HAVANA, April 22 (Fara Armenteros, UPECI) - Six political prisoners confined to the Valle Grande prison in Havana have been on a hunger strike for a week in support of fellow political prisoner Jorge Luis (Antúnez) García Pérez.

Antúnez has been on strike for more than 20 days at the Nieves Morejón prison in Sancti Spíritus prison in central Cuba, demanding medical attention for a lung ailment.

The strikers confined in Valle Grande are: Douglas Faxa Rosabal, Lázaro Constantín Durán, Liuba Salas García, Héctor La Roque Rego, Juan Carlos Pérez and Miguel López Santos.

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