52 opposition and human rights activists in Palma Soriano were demonstrating against the systematic violations of fundamental rights on the island near the representative of the European Union visiting Cuba. After the march ended, they were undertaken with a brutal beating by combined forces of the Interior Ministry (MININT) and Rapid Response Brigades. They took shelter in the house of an activist and than a group showed up threatening they would break into the house and kill them, they were also offended, thrown stones at. The house was partly destroyed.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Personal freedom
Personal security and integrity
Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to seek, receive and impart information
Right to freedom of movement and transit
- Perpetrator
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Police
Military
State security agents
Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Collaborators
Individuals
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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