Jean Pierre Isla Pérez, was standing in line to enter the supermarket to buy chicken and oil; however, in the distribution of shifts for the purchases - there were about 100 people waiting - only 10 shifts were distributed. Jean Pierre was the 10th person in line, so he had access to his turn. But the people behind him complained that it was an abuse to sell products to only 10 people, when everyone had been there since 5am. Automatically the National Revolutionary Police, who were controlling the line, began to physically assault the protesters. Jean Pierre, who is a lawyer, told the authorities that they were committing a violation of constitutional and human rights. The response of the police was to threaten him so that he would not defend the protesters. When the victim ignored the threats, he was taken to the National Revolutionary Police station for the crime of disobedience. He was detained for 24 hours and later released with a fine of 1000 CUP as an administrative sanction under article 8.3 of the penal code for being a crime of little danger.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Equality before the law
Freedom of opinion and expression
Protection against incitement to discrimation and violence
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
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
- Economic and Social Rights
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Right to adequate living conditions
Right to property
- Perpetrator
- Police
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