A prisoner on hunger strike dies of organ failure , other Cuban dissidents die . A Cuban prisoner who went on hunger strike to protest his arrest for taking part in a demonstration died Thursday , according to other dissidents in the country . His hunger strike was in protest to his arrest for taking part in a demonstration . A judge sentenced him to four years in prison in Havana . The death comes as the pope plans to visit Cuba before Easter .
A prisoner on hunger strike dies of organ failure , other Cuban dissidents die . His hunger strike was in protest to his arrest for taking part in a demonstration . A judge sentenced him to four years in prison in Havana . The death comes as the pope plans to visit Cuba before Easter .