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