Arbitrary arrest with violence.



The complainant was wildly arrested on the street when demanding freedom for Ovidio Martín Castellanos, UNPACU's National Coordinator.


Rights Abused

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Protection against incitement to discrimation and violence
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
Right of detainees and prisoners to be taken promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial functions
Perpetrator
Police
Military
Prison system officers
State security agents
Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Collaborators
Ministry of the Interior
Political police
IUNM/199