Javier Antonio was arrested along with another activist on the road to Gibara in Holguin province. Both were on their way to take some forms to the municipality of Gibara to collect signatures for a project of their organization. The officers stopped the car in which they were riding, pulled them out and detained them while they exercised physical violence and verbal abuse on them. They were detained until after 4:00 p.m. and all the documents they were carrying were confiscated.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of association
Right to freedom of movement and transit
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
Inviolability of correspondence and communications
- Perpetrator
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Ministry of the Interior
Police
State security agents
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