Activist arrested and threatened with indefinite detention for visiting prisoners



After visiting the prison in order to review the situation of some detainees, an activist was arrested by an officer named Maikel and two PNR (National Revolutionary Police) agents and taken to the police unit of Mella. There he was threatened by the political police officers, Dainer Pagan and Abel, with indefinite detention if he returned to jail or if he tried to meet with someone other than his family.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Political police
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