After a conversation with Jose Daniel Ferrer, the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba confirmed that civil activist Wilman Villar Mendoza is in critical condition due to his prolonged hunger strike in protest of human rights conditions in Cuba.  

UPDATE:  Wilman Villar Mendoza passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012 after going on hunger strike following his arrest in November for his participation in a public demonstration against human rights abuses in Cuba

Wilman Villar Mendoza - Photo Courtesy of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Union Patriotica de Cuba)