A man detained and threatened for traveling to Santiago de Cuba to participate in Pope's Mass



Francisco Luis Manzanet Ortiz was arrested traveling in the bus to Santiago de Cuba to attend the papal Mass taking place when Pope Francisco was visiting Cuba. The soldiers carried a list in which several activists were wrriten including Francisco. He was taken off the bus to identificate himself and being deported to his home being threatened with arrest if he would try to go back again.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Perpetrator
Police
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