Arbitrary arrest and threats.



The complainant went under arrest at the bus terminal in Manzanillo, from where she intended to travel to Bayamo to attend an activity arranged by The republican Party of Havana. The bus was stopped by police officers at a control point, where they requested her identification and then led her to a police station, where she was threaten and remained retained for several hours.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal security and integrity
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Political police
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