A woman arrested and accused by political and ideological subversion in Pinar del Río (un caso de Daudy Hermelo Lago)



On September 19, 2015, Daudy Hermelo after leaving Lake Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, where she was with a group of human rights defenders representing the Citizen Lisandra Cruz Diaz, Daudy was arrested by Captain Idael Acosta. The arrest was inside a bus. Daudy was heading to his home in Guayabo. She was identified and conducted by two officers of the State Security who did not identified taking her to the Municipal Unit of the PNR. There she spent four long hours, being educated as a criminal. They made an official warning to be linked to groups funded by the United States. They told her they could be punished by political and ideological subversion. In addition she was warned she would be processed by disobedience.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
State security agents
VCPI/6