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Five Central African detainees denied access to lawyers after shutdown

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Lawyers for five people arrested in Bangui after the ‘dead city’ day say they were not allowed to meet their clients. Arrested on 15 October, the detainees are being held between the central police station and the National Security Company, according to the lawyers’ collective.

Five people arrested in Bangui after the 12 October ‘dead city’ day have been denied the opportunity to meet their lawyers, the collective responsible for their defence said in a statement published on 17 October. The lawyers denounced a violation of the rights of the defence.

The people concerned are Quentin Claver Ngouando, Élysée Nguemale, Steve Francis Bendo Ndeny, Barry Mardios and Igor Mokpem. According to the collective, they were arrested on Thursday 15 October, after the protest day against the rise in fuel prices, organised at the call of Central African civil society.

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