Nelson Ávila was selling peanuts in the Bus Station when he was arrested and forced to get into a patrol car. In the Police Station he was interrogated and threatened because the police wanted to know who was responsible for hanging antigovernment posters in the street. Nelson has been threatened countless times.
Rights Abused
- Civil and Political Rights
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Right not to be submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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
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Police
Political police
PVPC/16
