Dissident Déxter Pérez Rodríguez went to the headquarters of the municipal government of Holguín where, with the help of official Lidia González de la Pera, he requested a meeting with the president of the local government Julio Rodríguez Estupiñan. His goal was to get rid of a fine imposed on him by inspectors and the police because of his activiities and connection with UNPACU. He told this objective to Estupiñan, who informed police officials. Two agents of the National Revolutionary Police transferred him to the police unit known as El Anillo and later to another unit known as Operaciones, where he was kept in the dungeon for three days without food. Although Rodríguez suffers from hypertension, gastritis, chronic duodenitis and liver problems, he never received medical attention, despite his continuous requests. They threatened that if he didn't leave the opposition, they would send his brother and political prisoner Darío Pérez Rodríguez to another, more severe prison.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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
- Perpetrator
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Prison system officers
Political police
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