CUBA NEWS
October 13, 2005
 

FROM CUBA
Police beat man who criticized treatment of jailed son

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, October 12 (Rafael Ferro Salas, Abdala Press / www.cubanet.org) - When Leonel Arencibia Pedrosa, 47, started to criticize the government about the treatment given his son, imprisoned on common criminal charges, he didn't known that among the customers in a cafeteria was a police officer.

The policeman removed Arencibia Pedrosa from cafeteria and the two men had a discussion on the street. When he tried to put handcuffs on the father, Arencibia Pedrosa was beaten, according to witnesses.

Despite the protest of the crowd that gathered on the street, Arencibia Pedrosa was placed in a police cruiser.

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