Lady in White Detained and Beaten



When leaving the church, the agents of the political police in Holguin were already waiting for her with a mob of repressors, who beated her and took her to the police station in Holguín, where she stayed for 6 hours. Then they seated her in a patrol and left her on the outskirts of the city.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Personal security and integrity
Freedom of assembly
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right to be informed of the reasons for one's detention, at the moment of detention, and to be noticed, without delay, of the accusations
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
QGDS/515