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November 11, 2012

Cuban dissidents demand immediate release of jailed activists Antonio Rodiles and Ángel Santiesteban (UPDATED x 2)

Cuban dissidents Antonio Rodiles and Ángel Santiesteban remain in jail, after they were arrested last week as part of a large crackdown by the Castro dictatorship. They reportedly have started hunger strikes to protest their arrest and subsequent mistreatment.

Several dissidents have signed a proclamation demanding their immediate release.

UPDATED, 2 p.m. EST -- Read the proclamation, in English, here.

UPDATED, Nov. 12, 2012 -- According to Yoani Sanchez, Santiesteban has been released and that Rodiles has been told he faces a charge of "resisting arrest."

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