Jailed Cuban dissident determined to continue hunger strike

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Jailed Cuban dissident Leonardo Bruzon Avila is determined to continue his hunger strike to the death if he is not freed or put on trial, a Miami-based group said Tuesday, quoting his mother.

Alcira Avila, who visited her son at a Havana military hospital on Sunday, said the dissident was only kept alive by an intravenous drip, according to the Miami-based Cuban Democratic Directorate.

Bruzon Avila, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 40 days, insists "they must try him or release him," his mother said. "If this does not happen, he is willing to die."

Bruzon Avila, who has been jailed in Cuba without trial for over two years, weighs only 75 to 80 pounds, she said.

"It seems to me my son cannot walk," she said.

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