which were filmed by a camera1man. That he remained at the CTR for
thirteen (13) days and that the handcuffs were removed only when he
went to the toilet or took his bath, as it pleased Officer Pali. They further
pleaded that on 27 July 2005, Mr. Komi Adjete Djifa Akakpo was sent
back to the civilian prison of Lome and that despite the deterioration in
his state of health, the prison authorities refused to have him medically
examined at the University Hospital, on the grounds that Mr. Da-Silveira
Hermes, a co-accused, had bolted during his hospitalisation period at the
same University Hospital.
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11. The Applicants affirmed that Messrs. Kpakpo Kodzo Tunu, Kodzo
Zuzuwe and Ametepe Yaovi Maw,ulikplimi went through the · same
unfortunate treatment at the hands of Messrs. Nabiou, Yark and
Massina, who are agents of the Security Forces. They averred that after
spending more than five months, first at the CTR, and subsequently at
the RIT, regardless of the seriousness of their condition of health, they
were transferred to the civilian prison of Lome on 12 December 2005.
The facts, as narrated by Innocent Kokou Assima and Narcisse Dosseh
Kpanou Azanleko
_12. The Applicants avert that in the night _of 1 July 2010,they were
arrested and detained, and handcuffed for five (5) days at the National
Gendarmerie of Lome, within the premises of the SRI. They affirmed that
they were interrogated on their
involvement in a drivers'
demonstration against increased fuel prices, and were
public
accused of
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forming part of those who mounted road blocks and barricaded streets.
13. They .further contended that after five (5) days, they were taken to- the
ANR, where they were interrogated several times on a group they were
alleged to be forming, journeys undertaken to Ghana and Gabon, anon
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their relations with certain Togolese politicians widely known to be
opponents of the regime in place.
14. They alleged that they were subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading
treatment. Mr. Innocent Kokou Assima alleged that he was tied against a
bed for ninety four (94) hours, and was allowed to go to toilet and take
his bath only once in a day; that he stayed on the ANR premises for one
hundred and forty (104) days in only one pair of shorts, and that the
food took was poor in quality.
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