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Subject: Residents see street searches and arrests as arbitrary
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:53 AM
FROM CUBA
Residents see street searches and arrests as arbitrary
HAVANA, April 18 (Rafael P�rez, AFPCP) - After a period of relative calm,
police in the streets of Havana have begun stopping, searching, and in some
cases, arresting citizens in a campaign that has no apparent objective and
that residents perceive as capricious.
"When a policeman gets it into his head to arrest you, he simply puts you in
one of those trucks and you go in even if you haven't committed any crime,"
says a student who says he has undergone the experience several times.
Policemen patrol the Havana municipality of 10 de Octubre like bees,
standing at the
intersections of main thoroufares to check out passersby.
"This is like a giant prison," said Roberto, a resident of 10 de Octubre who
asked that his last name not be used.
"No one can walk peacefully down 10 de Octubre Street," said self-employed
businessman Pedro Isasis, adding "Instead of making sure there should be
medicines and food, they spend money in these police operations in which
they never capture the criminals anyway."
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