HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban dissident group says the island's government has released Tomas Nunez Magdariaga, who had carried out a lengthy hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.
The U.S. government had publicly called for his release earlier this month, citing "grave concerns" over his health.
Patriotic Union of Cuba leader Ovidio Martin Castellanos tells The Associated Press that Nunez Magdariaga was driven to his home in eastern Cuba on Monday night.
The group says the dissident had been fasting for 62 days in prison, an assertion that could not be independently confirmed. He had been jailed since August on charges of making threats.
Group members have given Nunez Magdariaga's age as 62 and 66.
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