Independent journalist Anderlay Guerra Blanco was removed from the address register and removed from the supply book by his brother-in-law, citizen Gilbert Games. In Cuba this cannot be done, because to remove someone from the supply book one must find a place to put the discharged citizen. However, the journalist has no place to settle down to collect the planning (food given by the government). The victim went to complain to the Office of Control for the Distribution of Supplies - OFICODA (place where one registers and settles in the supply book) without receiving a reply. Therefore, on 21st February the journalist went to the police to raise the problem of his change of address, where he was told that they would review the case and send for him to tell them. On 24th February, he was asked to report to the police unit, where the State Security Department (DSE) officer known as Victor told him that he would receive a response and that they would resolve his change of address. Later, the officer told him that he had wanted to talk to him for some time, that he was loose, that nobody was controlling him and showed him some works published in Cubanet, Univisión and Diario de Cuba. Then the officer threatened him by saying that he was going to keep an eye on him, that he thought that he was working for Cuban television and that it was going to happen to him as it did to Quiñones and that if he continued he would be taken to prison. When the threats ended, they let him go.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Equality before the law
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
- Economic and Social Rights
- Right to social and medical assistance
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Individuals
Political police
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