Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernández is arrested when leaving flowers in a public tribute.



Berta de los Angeles Soler Fernández was arrested in the street by State Security, National Police agents, and paramilitary mobs, after participating in a mass at the Santa Rita de Cassia church, while going to drop flowers into the sea to honor the memory of the victims of the Remolcador on March 13th. Berta was transferred to the Tarará detention center, where she was detained for several hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right to be informed of the reasons for one's detention, at the moment of detention, and to be noticed, without delay, of the accusations
Perpetrator
Police
Military
State security agents
Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Collaborators
Ministry of the Interior
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