At 11.30 am, Henry Couto Guzmán, an activist from Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), was detained on his way home and driven to the police station in Guantánamo. According to the witnesses, the detention was carried out violently. Next day, secret police searched Henry´s house and confiscated his phone, passport and other documents. There was only Henry´s ill mother in the house. On September 17, Henry was driven to the Combinado del Este Prison in Guantánamo. He was released one day later.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Inviolability of the home
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
Sap66A/event/131
