Arbitrary detention



Esquizander Bénitez was arrested when he was going to a UNPACU’s activity. Later the police took him to the Police Station where he was detained more than 10 hours in subhuman conditions. Esquizander had been threatened with incarceration and death in other occasions.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of assembly
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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