Dama De Blanco Reina Luisa Tamayo Danger vows she will end a hunger strike only when she is allowed to visit her son, political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo.
Tamayo started her protest after police on April 27 arrested her at a Havana bus terminal and drove her to a local police station. There, they ridiculed her and confiscated some milk, crackers and other items she had hoped to take to her son in prison in Holguín. They also fined her 60 pesos for the alleged crime of "hoarding."
Following his mother's example, Zapata, serving a 14-year sentence handed down in 2003, has also started a hunger strike.
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