Ækvatorial Guinea i Vestafrika er et af verdes mest berygtede lande, når det gælder demokrati og menneskerettigheder – og en enevældig præsident, hvis omdømme er så anløbent, at FN i fjor måtte droppe en ny kostbar prisuddeling med hans navn.
WASHINGTON D.C, 24th October 2012: The authorities in Equatorial Guinea should immediately investigate the alleged enforced disappearance of a top human rights lawyer who has been unaccounted for since the evening of October 22, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Fabián Nsue Nguema, a prominent and respected human rights lawyer who is also active with an opposition party, went to Black Beach prison in Malabo, the country’s capital, on the afternoon of October 22 to try to see a client. He was last in contact with persons close to him by phone from the prison before 5pm. He has not been heard from since.
Nsue has been harassed (generet/forfulgt) by the government on numerous occasions, raising concerns that he may have been unlawfully detained. In 2002 he was tortured while in government custody.
“Fabian Nsue’s disappearance while visiting a prison is of grave concern,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch, addng:
“The government needs to urgently investigate the situation, determine whether he is being held in secret detention, contrary to national and international law, and publicly clarify his whereabouts.”
Equatorial Guinea has one of the most repressive regime’s in Africa.
In March, the UN agency, UNESCO, was forced to drop the name of its President Teodor Obiang Nguema from a science prize that he had funded, following an outcry by human rights campaigners, African intellectuals and Western governments.
Mr Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea since seizing power in a coup in 1979 – longer than anyone else in Africa except for Angolas Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who also took the helm in 1979.
His government has been repeatedly accused of illegally detaining and torturing opponents – allegations it denies.
Sources inside the African country said that Nsue went to Black Beach prison at midday local time on October 22, 2012, to meet with a client, Augustín Nzogo.
In the late afternoon, Nsue spoke by phone with an acquaintance (bekendt) to say that he was still waiting to see his client. At approximately 5 p.m., those trying to reach him on his phone discovered that his phone had been cut off. Nsue failed to return home that evening.
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