

THE HOSTAGE TAKING
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Kidnapping on August 29, 2023 just before the coup d'état in Gabon of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo by the military junta
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Wrongly accused to legitimize the putsch
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Arbitrarily detained, without contact with their relatives or trial
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Torture and inhumane conditions

VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
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Illegal arrest
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Arbitrary detention
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Lack of presumption of innocence
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Inhumane conditions of detention
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Secret detention
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Incommunicado
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Torture
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Dispossession
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Lack of fair and equitable trial

DISINFORMATION
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Fabrication of evidence
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Diffamation
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Unfounded charges
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Justice under orders

THE FATE OF PRESIDENT ALI BONGO ONDIMBA
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Deprived of his freedom
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Locked in his residence
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Under constant surveillance by the military
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Deprived of means of communication

SEQUESTRATION OF A WHOLE FAMILY
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Sequestration and torture of Jalil & Bilal Bongo, sons of Ali & Sylvia Bongo for 10 months.
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Sequestration of Noureddin Bongo's wife and their 3 children (7 years old, 4 years old and 1 year old) for 5 months
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All deprived of means of communication and sequestered by the military.

DISPOSSESSION & TORTURE
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Signatures of asset transfers and blank wire transfers under torture
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Spoliation of the Bongo family properties by those close to the government
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Illegal occupation of the family properties by relatives of the new government
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Illegal seizure of documents