An activist from Baracoa verbally attacked by PNR official



In the afternoon hours, on 23 March 2021, an activist from the Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), Alberto Lavato Soa, was a victim of degrading treatment committed by a National Revolutionary Police (PNR) official known as Santiago Delfino. The official was shouting on the activist that he was a black criminal right on the street. This provoked the activist to shout back that the regime was murderous and criminal.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be discriminated for reasons of age, race, gender, sexual orientation or religion
Personal freedom
Perpetrator
Police
Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
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