Dominican Republic: Man abducted during forced eviction: Luis Polo

Index Number: AMR 27/020/2012
Date Published: 3 December 2012
Categories: Dominican Republic

On 20 November a mentally disabled man was brutally abducted in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, during an illegal forced eviction carried out by the police. Since then his family have had no information about his whereabouts and the authorities are not investigating his disappearance.