On August 20 2015, Mr. Noiber García Fournier was with a group of the Damas de Blanco like a reporter, they went to the budgeted unit of the Municipal Labor and Social Security in Cuba, looking for attention for Leudis Denis Rodríguez, who is 15 years old and is son of one of the Damas de Blanco. When he leave the institution, was victim of a group of government supporters, the State Security and the National Police. They took him to the Operational Unit and they put him in a jail during 3 hours. Then they release him, but before, they threatened him that if he continue supporting the Damas de Blanco, he could be in jail for more time.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
Political police
BRLC/213