Activist Detained on His Way to Visit an Opposition Leader



The UNPACU activist was on a bus on his way to Santiago de Cuba to meet with the executive secretary of the UNPACU José Daniel Ferrer, when the agent Wilder Martínez ordered the bus to stop. The activist was handcuffed in front of everyone present. He was taken to the PNR, where the officials claimed that they would not allow him to leave the province and go to visit the opposition leader.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal freedom
Freedom of assembly
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
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