On December 6, 2015, an activist Niorvis Rivera Guerra was going to Santiago de Cuba to attend Mass in the Santuario del Cobre. He was attacked by Anti-Riot Police and the State Security officials in Camilo Cienfuegos Avenue and San Gregorio Street. He was beaten up and then taken to the station. He was threatened by a Security official Jeidis who told him that his file had been completed and he would go to jail. On December 7 Niorvis was transported to the prison in Guantánamo and stayed there until December 21. He has not been told the reason for his detention.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
- Perpetrator
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Police
State security agents
BBBL/78
