On July 15, 2021, Ciro Alexis Casanova was summoned to the PNR station and accused of being one of the promoters of the 11J protest, for which he was arrested and sent to a criminal investigation in Caibarien. On July 19, 2021, the Municipal Prosecutor's Office of Placetas imposed a precautionary measure of provisional imprisonment and sent him to the men's penitentiary center ¨La Pendiente. There he was detained without due process, since he was not brought before the competent court within the established time to be given an oral trial and assigned an ex officio attorney by the State for legal representation because he did not have the financial resources to hire one from the collective law firm. His trial was carried out between December 15 and 17, 2021 in the Popular Municipal Court of Santa Clara and he was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment for the crimes of public disorder, contempt and attack.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Equality before the law
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Freedom of religion
Right to political participation
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
Ministry of the Interior
Collaborators
State security agents
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