A political exprisoner Miguel Angel López Herrera, was fined 200 pesos for posting a banner saying "Down with Fidel and Raúl" on the external wall of the Cathedral in José Martí Park in Guntánamo. He was driven to the State Security Headquarters, known as Lily Modas. After that, he was put into a patrol car and taken to the police station where he was kept for about 24 hours in a prison cell. Miguel Angel keeps protesting against labor conditions as he is almost not able to feed and support his family. For that reason, he has been already threatened, beaten and detained many times.
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
- Economic and Social Rights
- Right to work
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
QTGB/11
