Another Sunday when Bartolo was detained



Activist Bartolo Cantillo Romero was heading to UNPACU's headquarters in Guantanamo province to attend a Mass and the "Todos Marchamos" march, which is held every Sunday throughout Cuba in order to demand that the government releases the political prisoners and makes changes in favor of all Cubans. At 6:30 am, he was arrested by Major Bryan and transferred to the State Security Crimes Unit where he was threatened with imprisonment. He was told as well that if they continued protesting on the streets, they would be beaten by anti-riot troops who were the ones in charge of keeping calm on the streets. Few hours later, he was released more that 5 km from the city at a place without any transportation.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
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