Human rights defender from Caimanera summoned to the police station and threatened



In the morning, 25 January 2019, Yeider Fuentes Áreas was summoned to the police unit in Caimanera. When he arrived, he was received by the State Security official known as Montalvo. The official told him that he should not cross certain limits when carrying out his activities. The official also added that he knew that the activist Henry Couto was renewing his counterrevolutionary groups and this could get complicated for Yeider - "so no meetings, no trainings or nothing similar". It also has to mentioned that Caimanera is a heavily militarized municipality with more than three checkpoints which complicates lifes of people who live there.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Perpetrator
State security agents
RKTN/34