Detention and torture in Mella (the case of Leonardo Cobas Perez)



As every Friday Leonardo Cobas Perez was waiting for the start of the meeting, when suddenly came the official Daynier Suarez Pagan, in front of more than a dozen men from the riot squad a large group of repressors belonging to PCC armed with sticks and whips wire. There were also agents Addiel, Abel Ferro and political police. After a brutal beating all these activists were arrested. Leonardo Cobas Perez was detained in the PNR of Mella, where was physicaly tortured several hours. They put him into a car, where gunmen were waiting for him. They started beat him. Finally he was thrown out more than 30 kilometers.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be tortured
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Collaborators
Political police
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