On 31 October, 2020, at about 1 am, Luis Nelson Fornaris Carrascosa, an activist from the Cuban Reflection Movement (MCR), hung up 10 banners in the Paseo del Prado in Cienfuegos, supported by three more activists. The banners were saying: "Freedom for Armando Andrés García López, as well as for all political prisoners." On the next day, Luis Nelson was detained at 5 pm and driven to the provincial headquarters of the political police located in the Pueblo Grifo District in Cienfuegos. There he was kept until 5 November. Before his release at 5:30 pm, he was fined 30 CUP.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Freedom of opinion and expression
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
- Political police
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