On November 14, 2021, Mr. Henry Couto Guzmán was summoned to the police unit of the workers' neighborhood. At the unit, he was attended by an officer named Victor, who handed him a piece of paper to sign. The paper indicated that the activist Cauto was being accused of several crimes, such as espionage in favor of a foreign power, association with delinquency, attempted state attack, incitement to violence and elimination of the leaders of the Revolution. Faced with all these accusations, the activist refused to sign and expressed that he was a human rights defender. The officers told him that he could not leave since they were going to impose a precautionary measure of house arrest on him and threatened him that "it would cost him dearly" if he violated what had been ordered.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Right to effective legal remedy
Equality before the law
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of association
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to freedom of movement and transit
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
Right to political participation
Due process of law
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
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