Alexei Brizo Lahera detained again on his way to Santuario del Cobre



Alexei Brizo Lahera was heading to the headquarters of the UNPACU at Guantanamo in order to go to the Santuario del Cobre to participate in the Catholic Mass in Santiago de Cuba. At 5:10 in the morning, he was detained by State Security officers known as Gilberto, Cata, Alía and Fran. He was driven in the patrol car number 612 to the police unit known as Parque 24. There, he was threatened by the officer Alexis that if he continued activities against the revolution they were going to put him to prison. He also said that Alexei should remember that he had AIDS and that the government gives him free medicine. The police tried to convince him to sign an official warning but Alexei did not sign it.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of assembly
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
BBBL/63