Citizen from Guantánamo summoned to the police station and threatened



Jesús Piedra de los Reyes was summoned by the police chief to the police station known as Parque 24. There he received threats for not having a stable job. The police chief told Jesús Piedra, that he also had an evidence that he had organized protests against the Castro regime, so he could be prosecuted for dangerousness if he continued. Jesús Piedra replied that if the citizens did not have a right to prostest against a totatarian regime, the youth in Cuba would not have any future perspectives. After that, he was driven to a prison cell. He was released on the same day 8 hours later.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
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