On October 27, Niober Garcia Fournier was traveling on the train from Guantanamo to Holguín and then on to Havana. He was arrested by the police (railway police) and transferred to his home-province Guantánamo to the State Security unit known as Operaciones.
Niober was released on October 30 after seizing a human rights defender card and his phone.
Due to this detention, he could not make the trip to Trinidad and Tobago.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right to leave and return to one's country
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Economic and Social Rights
- Right to property
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Political police
UTGF/98
