Yoel Acosta Games is a human rights activist and reporter for news agencies ADN Cuba. Yoel was detained by State Security (DSE) officers along with several police officers on May 19 in Mamujaba, where he was doing journalistic work.
He was taken to the police station, where the DSE officers issued him a warning for the alleged crime of usurpation of functions, arguing that he was not authorized by the government as a journalist to exercise his profession. Around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after confiscating his Alcatel phone, they released him without further consequences.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right to be informed of the reasons for one's detention, at the moment of detention, and to be noticed, without delay, of the accusations
- Economic and Social Rights
- Right to property
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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