On Sunday 21st of October, Asunción Carrillo Hernández, a member of the Ladies in White, left her home to go to the catholic church of the municipality with the intention of attending mass. She was intercepted by an official of the political police in a blue uniform. She was blocked to continue her path, detained and transferred to the 6th Congress Cooperative. They kept her in this place during her detention. Before being released, a young man who is self-identified as the captain of Section 21 introduced himself to her. He communicated to her that on next Sunday she will stay detained for 96 hours and she will not be permitted to move around either in the city of Habana, Matanzas or Cárdenas.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
Political police
QCLL/130