On 9 January 2014, human rights lawyer Juan Carlos González Leiva, his wife and seven other individuals were attacked by by members of the National Revolutionary Police. Leiva is a human rights lawyer and member of the Consejo de Relatores de Derechos Humanos de Cuba (Council of Human Rights Reporters of Cuba), as well as director of the bulletin “Voz Avileña” in Cuba. While distributing the “Voz Avileña” on the street, they were tied to and dragged by the patrol car, while being beaten up. During their transfer to the police station, Juan Carlos González Leiva had his hands tied behind his back and received repeated blows to the face and head. All were released after five hours without interrogation.
This attack comes in the context of increasing physical attacks and detentions of human rights defenders in the last months, in particular during the month of December 2013.
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