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– Activists Enrique Asumu & Alfredo Okenve detained in Equatorial Guinea (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 26, 2017

The police detained activists Enrique Asumu and Alfredo Okenve on April 17, 2017, and have exceeded the 72-hour period that Equatorial Guinean law permits them to detain a person without charge.
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