December 18, 2006 at 17:22Cuban recognized as the best "cyber-dissident"
Guillermo Farignas, a Cuban journalist, received a prize and cyber dissident status from Reporters Without Borders.
From February to August 2006 Guillermo went on a hunger strike to protest Internet censorship. The authorities, without hesitation, hospitalized him, trying to stop the protest. The authorities even wanted to force Guillermo to use the Internet, but he refused to read the news filtered by the communist regime.
A Cuban journalist ended a hunger strike at death, having lost 15 kilograms of weight, according to Reporters Without Borders .
From February to August 2006 Guillermo went on a hunger strike to protest Internet censorship. The authorities, without hesitation, hospitalized him, trying to stop the protest. The authorities even wanted to force Guillermo to use the Internet, but he refused to read the news filtered by the communist regime.
A Cuban journalist ended a hunger strike at death, having lost 15 kilograms of weight, according to Reporters Without Borders .