At 6:00 am, state agents searched the home of Misael Espinosa, an activist of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), occupying various documents, printed and manuscripts, related to his activism. The activist was also arrested by the Provincial Unit for the Instruction of Crimes against State Security in Bayamo and subjected to a gruelling interrogation of several hours, insulting him and threatening him with revocation and imprisonment. He was not given any food or water during his lunch break that day. State agents tried to ban him from activism in the streets and prohibited him from travelling to the UNPACU headquarters, located in the neighbouring province of Santiago de Cuba. Upon his release, none of his documents were returned to him, some of which were unpublished manuscripts from a book he had written. The state agents involved in these events were DCSE criminal instructor Captain Daniel Ramírez Matamoros, the State Security Department (DSE) agents known as Leandro and Maikol, and two unidentified police officers.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Freedom of association
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Inviolability of the home
Inviolability of correspondence and communications
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right to be informed of the reasons for one's detention, at the moment of detention, and to be noticed, without delay, of the accusations
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Individuals
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