Yanet Diaz Santiago went to the church where she was going to meet other sisters in fighting to pray for political prisoners when her car was detained by officers of the national police at the checkpoint at Cristo. After being verbally and physically abused, she was transferred to a conflict unit where she stayed for more than 6 hours.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Freedom of religion
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
Political police
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