UNPACU activist detained while heading to El Cobre



The victim was on his way to El Cobre in order to participate in Todos Marchamos campaign, held on every Sunday. The State Security officials stopped his car and detained him and other activists who were inside. The National Revolutionary Police (PNR) officers searched him and put him by force into a minibus. He was taken to the PNR Department where he was kept for more than 4 hours. Then he was put again to the minibus and driven outside the city.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of assembly
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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