CASE N° GEQ/07 - MARCELO LOHOSO - EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council
at its 163rd session (Moscow, 12 September 1998)

The Inter-Parliamentary Council,

Referring to the outline of the case, as contained in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/163/12(a)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 162nd session (April 1998) concerning the case of Mr. Marcelo Lohoso, of Equatorial Guinea,

Taking account of the information provided by the source on 4 June and 1 September 1998,

Recalling that, according to the source, Mr. Marcelo Lohoso was arrested on 21 January 1998 together with many other persons belonging like him to the Bubi ethnic group; that the arrests are said to have taken place following attacks on military barracks in Luba and Moka which the Government reportedly attributed to the Movement for Self-determination of Bioko Island, a Bubi political party; that at the time the source reported that Mr. Lohoso would be tried by a military court, without, however, the charges being known,

Considering that, according to the source, Mr. Lohoso was tried between 25 and 29 May 1998, with 120 others, by a military court on charges of treason, secession, terrorism and illegal possession of firearms; that sentence was passed on 1 June and Mr. Lohoso was acquitted and released,

Considering that, according to the source, he has resumed his parliamentary activities,

1. Notes with satisfaction that Mr. Lohoso has been acquitted and released and that he has resumed his parliamentary activities;
2. Decides to close the file.

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