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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