An UNPACU activist detained and threatened



An activist María Luisa Chacón Lamoth was going to the Santuario del Cobre in Santiago de Cuba province to demand the release of political prisoners and the end of police opression. She was detained by State Security official Kevin. He put her into the patrol car No. 611 and she was driven to the unit prosecuting crimes against the State Security. She was threatened that she would presented as an anti-social and counterrevolutionary element in the quarter she lives in. She was detained until 9 am.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
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