An activist beaten and detained in Palma Soriano



Osmay Vazquez Aranda was detained and brutally beaten during a confrontation, due to his participation in the protest march for the the other activists who were detained that same day. Then he was forcibly put on a bus and dropped in the outskirts of the city.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of assembly
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Prison system officers
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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