Yerlis Luis is a political prisoner who is serving a 6-month sentence for the crime of contempt in the prison of El Tipico, in the province of Las Tunas. Yerlis denounces that the conditions faced by those deprived of liberty are miserable. Yerlis assures that the food is terrible and inadequate, poorly prepared and without knowledge, in addition, he mentions that in the prison there are plagues of vermin, cockroaches and rodents, which generates that the inmates can hardly sleep and live healthily, since this can cause serious health problems.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal security and integrity
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- Economic and Social Rights
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Right to adequate housing
Right to adequate living conditions
- Perpetrator
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Prison system officers
Ministry of the Interior
MPCL/4
