Tensions in Cuba after Zapata death

Development: On 24 February leading dissidents reported on increased and intrusive security measures by the Cuban authorities following the death from hunger strike a day earlier of a 42-year old prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, listed by the international human rights NGO Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.

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