Activist falsely accused and fined



Activist and former political prisoner Yordenis Mendoza Cobas was summoned by a police instructor on 2nd December to report to Guantanamo Park 24 police station, where he remained for seven hours. The summons was issued because a citizen, who collaborates with the police apparatus in Guantánamo, accused him of threatening to use a knife. When the accuser was presented, it was demonstrated that this accusation was false and that the activist had been involved. In addition, he was fined $30 Cuban pesos (€1). The activist was in prison serving a three-year sentence for the Attack case, which was not concluded due to the agreements made in 2013 between the Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro.


Rights Abused

Economic and Social Rights
Right to property
Perpetrator
Police
Collaborators
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