A Cuban dissident who has been on <A HREF="http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-03-09T011211Z_01_N08251514_RTRUKOC_0_US-RIGHTS-CUBA-INTERNET.xml">a hunger strike for 36 days to demand unfettered Internet access</A> is refusing medication and his health is deteriorating rapidly, fellow dissidents said on Wednesday. Guillermo Farinas, a 41-year-old psychologist, went on a hunger strike on January 31 to press Cuba's Communist authorities to respect his right to freedom of information and allow him Internet access, which is controlled by the government. Farinas was moved to a hospital in his hometown of Santa Clara, in central Cuba, where he is being kept on an IV drip. Cuba, like China, controls access to the Internet. Direct access to the World Wide Web is generally only available to government-approved individuals, but passwords can be purchased on the black market.