Niurkis Rivero beaten, robbed and left on a abandoned road



Niurkis Rivero was taken from a bus after she had shouted that they were "thugs" and "murderers" at a group of police officers that had beaten Denis Noa, an correspondent of "Hablemos Press". The paramilitaries took her violently from the bus, they were beating her, punching her arms, back and face and causing other injuries. Later, they put her into a car where she remained one hour and half. They took her from Havana to the road near to Artemisa province and left her there abandoned. As they took her wallet, she did not have any money.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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