Rafael Fontanilla Martínez, a retiree of the Omnibus Astros company, was arrested by a police officer for alleged contempt when he was in a bus terminal trying to get a ticket to the province of Ciego de Ávila. Rafael was taken to the Park 24 police unit and released with a fine of five pesos for not having an identification document after being detained for 8 days. The policeman told him that the reason for his arrest was that Rafael was selling tickets illegally.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal security and integrity
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
- Perpetrator
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Police
Ministry of the Interior
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