Cuba says U.S. hunger striker has 'dignified' treatment in prison


  • World
  • Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014

Security forces drive a car transporting U.S. aid contractor Allan Gross in Havana March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer

HAVANA (Reuters) - A U.S. contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison term in Cuba is receiving "dignified and decent treatment" in a hospital ward, where he is in normal and stable health, Cuba said on Wednesday.

Cuba's communist government said it was concerned by a statement from Alan Gross's lawyer on Tuesday that said his client had begun a hunger strike last week to protest his treatment by the Cuban and U.S. governments.

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