Felipe Carrera Hernández, trade union activist from the municipality of the Old Havana, received on 14 November an official summons to arrive at the police station in San Miguel del Padrón on the next day. When he got there at 3 pm, he was immediately put in a prison cell. On the next day, 16 November at 11 am, he was released without any explanation. The true reason for his detention was the fact, that the police needed to prevent him from traveling to Panama - a flight he was supposed to board on the same day in the morning when he was released. Felipe Carrera had been invited to attend a trade union workshop organized by the University of Latin American Workers (UTAL).
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right to leave and return to one's country
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
Political police
QCLL/193
