Magda Onelvis Mendoza Díaz is a Maths teacher and a member of Women in White. On August 25, 2013 she and other 34 Women in White demonstrated for freedom of the political prisoners and human rights in Cuba. Several agents from the State Security appeared and forced them to enter the bus. The agents did beat them inside the bus and finally left at the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba el Cristo. After returning to Santiago de Cuba on foot, the policemen did beat them again including a 7-year old Fatima Ferrer Cantillo, a daughter of the president of Women in White.
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
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
- Perpetrator
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Police
Military
State security agents
Collaborators
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
Others
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