Independent Journalist Detained for Taking Pictures in the Street



He was arrested on March 1 by agents of the Department of State Security and the National Revolutionary Police took while taking pictures of a collapse that had taken place  on the corner of the streets San Rafael and Oquendo, Centro Habana, Havana. He was taken to the Zanja police unit, where he was detained for several hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
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
BSDC/88