An UNPACU activist detained by police for 72 hours



In the morning on 11 July, 2021, Bartolo Cantillo Romero, an activist from the Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), was detained by police on the Camilo Cienfuegos Avenue in Guantánamo. After that he was driven to the Police Instruction Unit where he was kept for 72 hours. Before his release, he was fined 3,000 pesos.


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
PIN/048