Stopped, beaten and handcuffed for participing in a Mass in Cuba.



Some agents of the State Security and the National Police of Cuba stopped her, beaten and handcuffed, after she participated in a Mass of Santa Rita church in Casia. They took her to the Naval Base in Tarara where she was stopped for about five hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of association
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to political participation
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
Military
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
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