Lady in White detained in Havana



Nieves Caridad Matamoro was detained when she was leaving her home in order to attend Mass in Santa Rita de Casia Church. State Security and National Revolutionary Police officials, who detained her, took her to the Police Department in Havana and kept there for 12 hours without providing her any food or water.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of assembly
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
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