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"We stand in
solidarity with those who advocate for human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and the
right to peaceful assembly," State Department spokesman John
Kirby told a briefing.
"We have raised our concerns directly with the Cuban government,
both in Washington and Havana," he added.
Kirby said Washington was particularly concerned about the
health of dissidents Carlos Amel Oliva, who leads the youth wing
of a Cuban dissident group, and Guillermo Farinas.
Farinas began a hunger strike earlier this month calling, for
Raul Castro's government to end torture and human rights abuses.
He was taken to Arnaldo Milian Castro Hospital in the city of
Santa Clara on Thursday after becoming extremely weak and
fainting eight days into the strike, The Miami Herald reported.
Farinas and about 20 other rights activists are on hunger-strike
in Cuba.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by David Alexander;
Editing by Sandra Maler)
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