The World - News from May 28, 1986
Poland announced that an imprisoned Solidarity activist who has been on a hunger strike has been charged with plotting to overthrow the Communist system. Czeslaw Bielecki, 38, a publisher, architect and writer, was captured in April, 1985. He has been on a hunger strike since Oct. 13 at Rakowiecka Prison, demanding status as a political prisoner. A Polish government spokesman confirmed a report that Bielecki is being force-fed but said his health has not recently deteriorated.
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