Activist's house surrounded by the State Security to prevent him from leaving during the visit of the president



The State Security (DSE) official known as Edwin Jefferson or Kevin, along with other unknown DSE agents, tried to detain a human rights activist, Yaumel Acosta Aguilera, nearby the house of another activist, Yeris Cúrvelo. All this happened when the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was visiting Caimanera in the Guantánamo Province. Yaumel's house was surrounded by the DSE agents, as they usually do when a high state representative is visiting the city in order to prevent him from leaving from his house. The activist left his house, saying that it is not a prison cell. The DSE officials tried to detain him, but they could not succeed as the crowd defended the activist and prevented the agents from detaining him.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Political police
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