Man arrested and tortured after he participated in a protest



"A man was arrested for participating in the popular protests of July 11. Inside the bus where he was taken, the officers hit him on the head to force him to keep it down, and inside the detention centers he was provoked and beaten. He was interrogated at any time of the day or at dawn, and if the interrogation coincided with mealtimes, he was left without food."


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to effective legal remedy
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be tortured
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to political participation
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
Personal freedom
Equality before the law
Freedom of assembly
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
Due process of law
Economic and Social Rights
Right to health
Right to social and medical assistance
Perpetrator
Police
Military
Prison system officers
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
GPLA/68