UNPACU activist detained at home



At 9 am, Felix Rodriguez Matos was detained at his house by State Security officials and police without being told the reason for the detention. It is supposed that it happened due to his participation in a demonstration on August 25 which had been carried out in support of a peasant who is not having any access to water.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Inviolability of the home
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
Police
Ministry of the Interior
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