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Gabon opposition leader jailed for political reasons, his lawyers say
By GhanaSummary Newsroom1 min read
Gabon's main opposition leader, Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, has been in jail for more than three months after the government resurrected an 18-year-old private financial dispute as a pretext to sideline him, his lawyers said in a statement."A man is being held on the basis of a case file his defence has never been permitted to see," Nze’s counsel, Arthur Vercken, said in the statement.
The basis for his arrest was a private dispute over about 7,600 euros ($8,650) dating to 2008, they said.
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