“What we saw made us sick.

We saw people deeply traumatized by despair.

As for Noureddin Bongo, I was able to see on his torso the marks of electric shocks that I had seen in other times and in other places.

We know the names of the torturers and now that an investigating magistrate has been appointed from the crimes against humanity unit , we are going to ask him to investigate and to hear a certain number of people whom we suspect of having committed or ordered these tortures.

This is a major procedural step forward that will lead to summonses and possibly arrest warrants. This is the meaning of the complaint that we filed in Paris and that we intend to pursue to its conclusion. That is to say, the arrest and conviction of those responsible. ”

 

Mr. François Zimeray on the first authorized visit to Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo in Libreville in 17 months of detention