An activist detained and threatened by asking medical care for the sick boy of her colleague (Guantanamo)



Elaidis Favier Duran along with several Damas de Blanco went to the Municipality Labor and Social Security to require help for Leudis Denis Rodriguez 15 years old son of the Damas de Blanco Yuramis. Since age 4 he was detected Hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer of the large intestine). The government has not helped him as other cases. She was arrested and taken to operations where she was threatened with prison for her activism. There she remained for three hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal security and integrity
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 social and medical assistance
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Collaborators
Political police
BRLC/211