Prisoners of conscience Adamou Moussa and Zékeria Namoro
were arrested on 1 April after they questioned the commemoration of
Togo’s Independence Day and called for justice for the people killed,
ill-treated and arbitrarily detained following demonstrations against
plans to create a nature reserve in Mango in November 2015. They were
charged with ‘incitement to commit a crime’ and remain at the Prison of
Dapaong. They deny having called on people not to participate in the
celebrations. The investigating judge had supported their request for
release on bail in May on the grounds that the gravity of the charges
against them did not justify their continued pre-trial detention. The
prosecutor appealed the decision of the judge and, on 6 June, the Appeal
Court of Kara rejected their bail request.
Seven
other men remain in detention in relation to the protests that happened
in Mango in November 2015 and April 2016. They were subjected to
ill-treatment at the time of their arrest and they were made to sign
statements which they did not understand.
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