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February 15, 2011

Equatorial Guinean Author Enters Fifth Day of Hunger Strike 
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One of Equatorial Guinea's most prominent authors has entered his fifth
day on a hunger strike to protest the policies of Equatorial Guinean
dictator Teodoro Obiang. The writer, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, began the
hunger strike on Friday calling for more political rights and an end to
the dictatorship. Obiang has ruled the oil-rich West African nation
since 1979.



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