Ivory Coast: new arrest of the figure of civil society Pulchérie Gbalet
Panoramic view of the Liberté roundabout, in the Adjamé district of Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
(illustrative image) Willy Stephane Awaho/flickr.com
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Trois semaines après avoir été brièvement interpellée suite à un voyage au Mali dans un contexte de tensions entre les deux pays, la présidente de l'organisation Alternative citoyenne ivoirienne a été arrêtée à la préfecture de police d’Abidjan ce lundi 22 août.
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Lire la suitePulchérie Gbalet a été gardée à vue la nuit de lundi à mardi puis placée sous mandat de dépôt par le tribunal de première instance d’Abidjan. Alors que selon ses avocats, elle venait à la préfecture récupérer son passeport et son téléphone portable confisqués lors de la première audition.
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Curiously, she arrives there, she is told that it is an interrogation in the presence of lawyers,
says one of them, Maître Lambert Kouamé Béné.
She said
"no, it's not possible"
.
That's not why she came, she came to pick up her cell phone and her passport.
Finally, she was kept in sight, and it was on Tuesday morning that the commissioner called the colleague to ask him to come and assist his client with this procedure.
He told her
"no, that's not how it is".
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In protest, his three lawyers decided not to assist their client in this case, explains Maître Lambert Kouamé Béné.
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This cavalier way of challenging people is not worthy of the rule of law.
As lawyers, we cannot accept this.
It is for this reason that we have decided not to participate in this procedure.
We are waiting to see and therefore we have informed all the international institutions and organizations to say what is happening in Côte d'Ivoire.
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