Activist Beaten and Detained for Writing "We are Freedom and Change" on Posters



Despite previous threats, the activist returned to write signs in front of his house saying "We are Freedom and Change". Therefore Special Brigade Troops arrived at his house in command of the political police. After surrounding his house all morning, in the afternoon they stormed his house and beat him and his family. Consequently they took him to the PNR.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Personal security and integrity
Freedom of opinion and expression
Right to freedom of movement and transit
Inviolability of the home
Right not to be arbitrarily detained
Perpetrator
Police
State security agents
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
QGDS/484