Being that Nsue was arrested without a
warrant and denied his right to have visitors his human rights were
clearly taken away from him. Due to his detention being secret as
well as incommunicado it violates domestic and international law. And
to make matters worse Nsue was not the only person that this was done
to. It was said that this situation raises serious concern about the
government's pledged commitment to human rights and judicial reforms.
This is the government promising its citizens one thing and doing the
complete opposite and that is in no way fair or just.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Blog 9 : Locked Up With No Visitation Rights
Fabian Nsue Nguma who is a very
prominent lawyer was detained by authorities in Black Beach prison in
Malabo which is the capital of Equatorial Guinea. On October 22, Nsue
was attempting to visit a client when he was detained and was refused
of all visitation rights. His family searched for over 24 hours on
his whereabouts and officials refused to provide any. Nsue's wife
tried visiting the prison on the 23rd but was turned away
without any confirmation of his whereabouts. However, another family
was able to enter the prison that same day and saw Nsue there. When
Nsue's wife tried to see her husband she was turned away twice but
prison authorities privately confirmed to her that her husband was
being held there. His wife also told Human Rights Watch that she was
threatened by a prison official when she tried visiting him on the
24th of October, he told her that if she continued to
insist on seeing her husband that she would end up behind bars just
like him. It appeared that Equatorial Guinea authorities were holding
Nsue without charges as well as denying his right to visitors.
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