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The Equatorial Guinean President announced "a total amnesty" in favor of all political prisoners and all opponents condemned or banned from activity, according to a decree read on national television.
The Equatorial President Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, decided Wednesday "a total amnesty" in favor of all political prisoners and all opponents condemned or banned from activity, according to a decree read on national television.
"I grant total amnesty to all citizens condemned by the courts (…) for political offenses in the exercise of their activity, serving or not their sentence" stipulates the presidential decree in that amnesty also applies to any person "deprived of liberty or prevented from exercising his political rights in the country".
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This spectacular measure in a country ruled by an iron hand by President Obiang since 1979, comes within two weeks of a "national dialogue" that he himself convened. The presidential decree specifies that this dialogue, announced in June, will be held "from July 16th to 21st" .
The amnesty "must allow a broad participation of all the political actors" to this dialogue "between the government and the legalized political parties, political actors of the interior and the diaspora, civil society and religious confessions", according to the president. to guarantee " freedom " and " security " to all the participants in this dialogue, to which representatives of the international community must also attend as observers. Amnesty was one of the main conditions imposed by the opposition of the interior and the diaspora to take part in this national dialogue.
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