Social dangerousness or Pre-criminal danger to society is a legal charge under Cuban law which allows the authorities to detain people whom they think they are likely to commit crimes. The charge carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.[1] The Cuban government has been accused by Amnesty International of using the charge almost exclusively against critics of the government.[2]
People that have been imprisoned under this charge include:
- José Oscar Sánchez Madan, sentenced to four years in prison[3][4]
- Guillermo Espinosa Rodríguez, sentenced to two years of house arrest[5]
In 2008, the punk rock singer and dissident Gorki Águila was arrested by police on a charge of social dangerousness. He was eventually ordered to pay a $30 fine for the lesser offence of public disorder, after prosecutors dropped the charge of social dangerousness.[6]
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