Lázaro Luís Ruiz Echevarría, after leaving the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, when he accompanied and advised along with a group of human rights activist, to citizen Lisandra Cruz Diaz, he was arrested by an operation led by the Captain of the State Security Juan Perez, along with five officers from the same department. The four policemen seized and took him in a police car to the police station. The detention lasted four hours. The instructor made a police official warning due to his publishing the poor situation of families in Pinar del Rio telling Lázaro he is not allowed go to the Government or the Party. If he does it, he will be punished for the crime of disobedience.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Freedom of opinion and expression
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
Collaborators
VCPI/18
