Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On January 26, 2024, plainclothes security officials violently arrested Equatoguinean lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang without a warrant, in retaliation against his complaint exposing the kidnapping and torture he suffered during a previous detention. After charging him with slander and placing him in indefinite pretrial detention, authorities forcibly disappeared him in March 2024, cutting off all contact with his lawyers and family.
Although officials claimed in July 2024 that he was transferred to Oveng Azem — a remote, maximum-security prison where President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s regime hides political prisoners from scrutiny — they continue to deny his family and lawyers any access to confirm his whereabouts or condition.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has now called for Ndong Nlang’s immediate release following a petition by the Human Rights Foundation.
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On January 26, 2024, plainclothes security officials violently arrested Equatoguinean lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang without a warrant, in retaliation against his complaint exposing the kidnapping and torture he suffered during a previous detention. After charging him with slander and placing him in indefinite pretrial detention, authorities forcibly disappeared him in March 2024, cutting off all contact with his lawyers and family.
Although officials claimed in July 2024 that he was transferred to Oveng Azem — a remote, maximum-security prison where President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s regime hides political prisoners from scrutiny — they continue to deny his family and lawyers any access to confirm his whereabouts or condition.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has now called for Ndong Nlang’s immediate release following a petition by the Human Rights Foundation.
Learn more about our work at the Human Rights Foundation:
Website: hrf.org
X (formerly Twitter): https://X.com/HRF
Instagram: instagram.com/hrf
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hrf
Subscribe to HRF’s Substack: humanrightsfoundation.substack.com
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