Around 6:30 am, activist Ramón Olivares Abello was heading to the province Santiago de Cuba to the Catholic church in Santuario del Cobre in order to attend Mass to ask for the release of political prisoners and the end of police repression. At the Beneficencia street between Pintó and the Camilo Cienfuegos avenue, he was detained by officers of the State Security and the police car no. 611. Then, he was taken to the police unit in El Salvador and released around 10 am.
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
State security agents
ACRU/88
