On 23 September 2021, Henry Couto Guzmán, an activist from the Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), was on his way to the prosecutor's office in the city of Guantánamo in order to submit a letter asking for release of an activist José Daniel Ferrer García. When he was on the 3 Sur and Los Maceos Street, he was detained and beaten up by the State Security officials. The latter then took the activist to the police unit Parque 24. There he was fined 2000 pesos and threatened with imprisonment. After that he was transported home.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Personal security and integrity
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
RKTN/211
