An activist summoned to th police station and threatened



In the morning, Mrs. María Luisa Chacón Lamoth was summoned to the police station where she was received by an official know as Kevin. He threatened her with imprisonment and with loss of custody of her youngest daughter for having a connection with a counter-revolutionary Henry Couto. Couto is known for building networks of human right defenders. After that, María Luisa said that she was free to think and do what she wanted and she would not give up meeting Couto. The official replied: "So we will beat you up." It is known that Kevin has already beaten up several activists, especially Ladies in White and María Luisa was one of those in 2016 when this official wanted to detain her.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of opinion and expression
Perpetrator
State security agents
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