A citizen is arrested for placing a poster on the door of his home against the Guantanamo electricity company for the increase in its rates.



At dawn on July 4, 2014, 28-year-old citizen Yanger Suarez Blanco was arrested at his home located in the province of Guantánamo by the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) and was transferred to the police unit, Parque 24, after placing a poster on his door that said, enough thefts by the Guantanamo electricity company. After 6 hours of his arrest, the PNR commander, Eglys Bronx Espinosa, questioned Yanger about the reason for his demonstration. Suarez Blanco explained that the reason for his poster was due to the high increase in the electricity bill. However, commander Eglys threatened Yanger that if he protested again or put up another poster, he would send him to jail. Yanger Suarez Blanco was released after 16 hours of his arrest with various threats and a fine of 100 pesos for disorderly conduct to the public.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Personal freedom
Perpetrator
Police
Ministry of the Interior
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