Receiving house arrest for being mere journalists



Lázaro, an independent journalist, and his wife Eralidis, also a communicator, stayed at their home for 26 weeks after Fidel Castro's death. Confined without a court order by State Security, they endured thanks to family and friends because they could not go out to look for food or medicine.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
State security agents
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