In the morning, 10 December 2020, Yoandry Matos Guindo, an activist from the Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), was on his way to the house of Bartolo Cantillo Romero in order to participate in an event celebrating the Human Rights Day. When going through the Aguilera Street in Guantánamo, he was detained by a patrol car and driven on the Baracoa Road. After several kilometers, the car approached a property and stopped there. Meanwhile, State Security officials Lionis and Ángel Luis arrived on a motorbike to the place. Then they soon left and the patrol officers stayed with Matos Guindo. They left him inside the car parked on direct sun meanwhile they were sitting more than 50 meters from the car. Four hours later, they left the activist abandoned on the spot.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of assembly
Right to freedom of movement and transit
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
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
RKTN/186
