Antonio Rodiles Petitions For Habeas Corpus for Arbitrary Detentions

Antonio Rodiles Petitions For Habeas Corpus for Arbitrary Detentions
Posted on October 16, 2013

Today the director of the civic organization State of Sats, Antonio
Rodiles, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the
Provincial People's Tribunal of Havana on behalf of two pro-democracy
activists who were detained and who remain incommunicado.

The first petition was filed on behalf of José Díaz Silva, who was
arrested near his home last Thursday, October 10, when he was
arbitrarily detained by an agent from State Security identified only as
Gastón. Díaz Silva was transferred to the detention center known as "El
Vivac." So far, no preliminary injunction has been brought against him
and he has been denied visits from family members.

The other petition was filed on behalf of Díaz Silva's wife, Lourdes
Esquivel Veiyto, who was detained at 11 AM on Friday after appearing at
the Santiago de las Vegas police station to seek information on the
whereabouts of her husband. Esquivel Veiyto is a member of the Ladies in
White.

Rodiles believes Díaz Silva was detained because the activist had been
leading a workshop on the UN's International Convention on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Convention on Social, Economic
and Cultural Rights.

"This is a reaction to the Citizen Demand for Another Cuba, which calls
upon the government to ratify the conventions signed in New York on
February 28, 2008 at the United Nations," explains Rodiles in his
petition for Díaz Silva's release.

The couple lives in Santiago de las Vegas in the Boyeros district on the
outskirts of the capital. Due to repeated punitive detentions of Díaz
Silva and his family, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
(CIDH) has issued a precautionary injunction to protect their rights,
lives and physical well-being.

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From Cubanet, 14 October 2013

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