Human rights activist intimidated for supporting his colleague on hunger strike



On 16 September 2020, the coordinator of the organization Independent and Democratic Cuba (CID), Esber Rafael Ramírez Argota, was visited by the head of the Confrontation Unit in the municipality of Antilla in the Province of Holguín, Henry Borrego Peña. The official threatened him with prosecution for spreading fake news based on the Decree-law 370. The reason was Ramírez Argota's support for Miguel Guilarte Leiva, a citizen who had decided to go on a hunger strike.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
State security agents
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