A representative of the CID was detained and warned to not publish the cases of human rights violations abroad

Leodan - a human rights defender, a representative of the LGBT community in the west of Cuba and delegate of Independent and Democratic Cuba (CID) - was detained when he got out of his car on his way to his house in San Juan y Martínez after having a meeting with the defenders of Pinar del Río. The perpetrators were two policemen and a State Security Officer. He was transported in a patrol car and taken to the police unit in the same area. Here, he was registered completely, and a recording device was confiscated from him. After enduring two hours of threats, he was freed with a warning to not publish on the Internet the news of the human rights violations in Cuba. They said this attitude affected the prestige of the government, which was able to punish and put him in prison for not working with the State of Cuba.