Arbitrary arrest and detention of four human rights defenders
On 28 November 2022, human right defenders Kipré Pacome, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet and Séry Romuald were transferred and still remain detained at the central prison of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The human rights defenders will be brought before the judge on 9 December 2022. On 25 November 2022, the human right defenders were all arrested during a peaceful protest denouncing the rising living cost in the country, and were remained in custody at the police headquarters.
Kipré Pacome, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet and Séry Romuald are all human rights defenders and members of Urgences Ivoiriennes, a citizen movement and network of civil society organisation working to promote and defend human rights, civil liberties, democracy and peace in the country.
On 28 November 2022, human right defenders Kipré Pacome, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet and Séry Romuald were transferred and still remain detained at the central prison of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The human rights defenders will be brought before the judge on 9 December 2022.
On 25 November 2022, the human right defenders were all arrested during a peaceful protest denouncing the rising living cost in the country, and were remained in custody at the police headquarters. Kipré Pacome, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet and Séry Romuald are all human rights defenders and members of Urgences Ivoiriennes, a citizen movement and network of civil society organisation working to promote and defend human rights, civil liberties, democracy and peace in the country.
On Monday 28 November 2022, Kipré Pacome, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet and Séry Romuald were transferred to the central prison of Abidjan, where they are still detained. The first hearing confirming the charges against the human rights defenders will take place on 9th December 2022.
On 25 November 2022, the human rights defenders were all arrested during a peaceful protest denouncing the rising living cost in the country. The protest which was organized by their citizen movement Urgences Ivoirennes was dispersed by the security forces before it started. The four human rights defenders were arrested at the scene and were remanded in custody at the police headquarters on the same day.
Front Line Defenders is seriously concerned by the detention of the four human rights defenders as the organisation believes that their arrest and detention are in reprisal to their legitimate and peaceful exercise of their right to freedom of assembly as per the Ivorian Constitution.
