Victim was fined and detained for carrying 5 pounds of flour



Victim was stopped in Pastorita by the operative road guards who register her belongings seeing that she had 5 pounds of flour, she was interrogated and taken to the PNR (Revolutionary National Police) of Patrol where she was illegally fined with 60 CUP (2.5 €) and she was detained for more than 15 hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
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
Economic and Social Rights
Right to property
Perpetrator
Police
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