Dissident Harassed and Jailed for 12 Hours
a translation from the Spanish:
Havana, Cuba, September 25, 2006
by Ahmed Rodriguez Albacia, of Youth Without Censorship
Opposition member William Cepero Garcia was subject to a number of threats this past September 15 by State Security agents. At that time, Cepero Garcia was in the process of leaving the residence of this reporter.
As Cepero Garcia walked home, an officer of the National Police detained him in Zanja street, and led him to the Seventh [Detention] Unit of the Playa municipality.
In the Detention Unit, a State Security agent identified as Machado demanded that Cepero Garcia cease his anti-government work or he would be arrested and jailed and would not see his children grow up. Cepero Garcia answered that he would continue with his work as it was not a crime to defend human rights.
Subsequently, Cepero Garcia was led to a cell and was kept there for twelve hours. Eventually, he was allowed to leave. He refused to sign a warning document offered to him by the officers present.
William Cepero Garcia is 42 years old, and is the representative for the City of Havana province of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights (FCDH in Spanish).
Havana, Cuba, September 25, 2006
by Ahmed Rodriguez Albacia, of Youth Without Censorship
Opposition member William Cepero Garcia was subject to a number of threats this past September 15 by State Security agents. At that time, Cepero Garcia was in the process of leaving the residence of this reporter.
As Cepero Garcia walked home, an officer of the National Police detained him in Zanja street, and led him to the Seventh [Detention] Unit of the Playa municipality.
In the Detention Unit, a State Security agent identified as Machado demanded that Cepero Garcia cease his anti-government work or he would be arrested and jailed and would not see his children grow up. Cepero Garcia answered that he would continue with his work as it was not a crime to defend human rights.
Subsequently, Cepero Garcia was led to a cell and was kept there for twelve hours. Eventually, he was allowed to leave. He refused to sign a warning document offered to him by the officers present.
William Cepero Garcia is 42 years old, and is the representative for the City of Havana province of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights (FCDH in Spanish).
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