Agent of the political police, Girón, and four other agents appeared in the Wi-Fi park for the municipality. When they saw the activist, they stopped him and took his cellphone. They took him in a car to the sector of the National Revolutionary Police. There, he was fined, according to officials for the crime of having illicit things on his phone. As they couldn't prove anything and the activist would not cooperate with them, they threw his phone against the table and agent Girón told him he could go. He replied that he wasn't going anywhere without his phone. Then the agent punched the phone, breaking the glass screen. After that, they let him go.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
Political police
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