Teacher was detained and sanctioned for possessing antigovernment literature



A Cuban teacher was arrested by a captain, due to the complaints of the head of the sports team, Antonio Alcantara, who announced to the police that Ruben was showing him literature that speaks ill of the revolution.The teacher was subject to a disciplinary measure because he supposedly took subversive literature to his work, a center where he teaches students. The disciplinary measure consisted of transferring him from the center with a lower salary for six months. The teacher explains that this happened when he was only on his way to work and a person handed him the antigovernment form on the street.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Economic and Social Rights
Right to work
Perpetrator
Political police
Others
DVBC/176