Authorities deny social help to aged dissident



The man is elderly dissident that is going blind and is denied social help by Cuban institutions. In the past, he has been threatened with detention if he reported the mistreatments received at the hospital Vladimir I. Lenin. He has also been arrested and beaten several times.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of opinion and expression
Economic and Social Rights
Right to health
Right to social and medical assistance
Perpetrator
Political police
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