Police handcuff Cuban opponent on a pole for selling bread in Havana

A new case of police abuse occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the Guanabacoa municipality, in Havana, where a sector chief handcuffed a street vendor to a pole for selling bread.

The victim's name is Esquizander Benítez Moya, a dissident who was fired from his job and does what he can to survive and support his family.

"They detained my brother unjustly for doing his daily routine in a town without supplies," denounced his brother, Erisdel Benítez Moya, on the wall ofFacebook of the activist, because he is incommunicado.

According to Erisdel in a video, the sector leader of the Mañana district arbitrarily detained his brother and dragged him along the ground.

"Look what they do with young Cubans, I have a degree in education and I am not working because the government threw me out for my ideals. The head of the sector caught me selling corduroy to feed my family and repressed me in the face of everything." "the people who are present here, he threw me to the floor, he hit me, he handcuffed me..." the opponent shouted.

Hours later, Facebook user Yanivis León reported that Esquizander is imprisoned and missing, and that his mother, who went to inquire about her son's situation, was fined.

"He was dragged in front of his mother and brother who were shouting for the freedom of all Cubans. (...) I ask the few who can see this post to share, to make it reach as far as they can. Esquizander is another of "The many who today are being tortured by the Cuban political police for asking for freedom for all of us, let's not leave them alone," he demanded.