11J protester loses his son in police station, where he is assaulted and locked in a cell.



The victim accompanied his son to the July 11 demonstration to take care of him. Upon arriving at the police station they were attacked by the black berets and then lost knowledge of where his son was. He tried to call him on the phone when an officer approached him to ask what he was doing there. The victim explained that he was trying to locate his son, so he asked for help. The officer instructed him to keep trying while he checked with the station. Instead of help, another Civil Police repressor approached him without identifying himself and gave him a brutal beating, including kicks to the chest. Finally, he locked him in a cell.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Military
Ministry of the Interior
GPLA/93