Journalist Karla Pérez was returning to Cuba after completing her university studies in Costa Rica where she left being expelled from the University of Las Villas in Santa Clara for being part of the Somos + political movement. On March 18, Karla was on a trip from Costa Rica to Cuba. During the stopover at Panama's Tocumen International Airport, the journalist was prohibited from boarding the plane to Havana. Karla was traveling with all documents in order and reviewed by the Cuban embassy in San José and with the negative result of a Covid-19 test. Upon arriving in Panama, she was called by the airport loudspeakers and an employee of the COPA airline made her listen to audio from a Cuban immigration agent who stated that Karla is prohibited from entering Cuba.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Equality before the law
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to leave and return to one's country
Right to private and family life
- Perpetrator
- Others
PIN/014
