On 19 May 2013, human rights defender Mr Kuch Veng was arrested by four police officers at Kbal Trach commune, Krako district, Pursat village. Kuch Veng is a land rights activist and is a member of the Community Peace Network.
On 9 May 2013, human rights defender Mr Jérémie Safari was released from police custody where he had spent more than 24 hours being subjected to physical and sexual assault. The human rights defender's ordeal came just two days after his colleague, Mr Joseph Saidi, had spent three days at another detention center where he reports being subjected to similar ill treatment.
On 10 April 2013, human rights defender Mr José Sixto Rivera was detained briefly by police agents, before being released and warned not to get involved with the people of Puerto Grande.
On 3 April 2013, human rights defenders Messrs Defedek Gordaye, Haman Djoda and Bouba, all members of Mouvement pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés – MDDHL (Movement for the Defense of Human Rights and Liberties), are scheduled to appear before the local prosecutor in Maroua over unspecified charges for which they have been detained during the past six and four days respectively.
On 14 January 2013, human rights defender and blogger Mr Said Jaddad was arbitrarily arrested by the Special Division of Muscat Police Station, where he is currently being detained.
On 2 November 2012, prominent human rights defender Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafdha was arrested in the village of Diraz on charges of rioting and participating in illegal gathering.
On 25 October 2012, one of Equatorial Guinea's most prominent defenders of the rights of political prisoners, human rights lawyer Mr Fabián Nsue Nguema, was moved to the Comisaria Central (Central jail) in Malabo.
On the morning of 28 August 2012, the trial of human rights defender Mr Abdelkader Kherba was adjourned until 4 September. The list of witnesses provided by the defence was accepted by the Ksar Bukhari Court, but the human rights defender was denied bail with no justification provided for keeping him in detention.
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