Assault and arbitrary arrest.



The complainant was hit and arrested by police officers when visiting the activist Luis Isaac Morales in Palmarito de Cauto.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal security and integrity
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Protection against incitement to discrimation and violence
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
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
QGDS/299