(ANSA) – MALABO, AUGUST 20 – Equatorial Guinea has denied Amnesty International’s accusations of having committed human rights violations during its crackdown on crime.
The non-governmental organization has accused the African country’s authorities of torture, arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances since May, when a campaign to eradicate crime was launched.
“Equatorial Guinea does not take into account the statements of Amnesty International on human rights, because they lack basis and credibility in our country”, said on Twitter the vice president Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the head of state Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80-year-old driving Equatorial Guinea for over 40 years. The vice president launched on May 9 the campaign to “clean up” the streets of Equatorial Guinea and show the “right way” to young criminals.
The authorities have imposed a curfew from 10pm to 6am. Amnesty said thousands of young people have since been arrested across the country, urging the Malabo authorities to “provide transparent information on deaths in detention and torture” and to ensure that those arrested have “fair trials before ordinary civilian courts”, calling for an immediate end to the ongoing repression. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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