All 44 students arrested on 19 April 1993 were provisionaly released on 22 May 1993. However the charges against them have not been dropped, and they still face prosecution under an unjust law introduced in July 1992. The students, some or all of whom may have been prisoners of conscience, were held at the Maison d’Arret et de Correction d’Abidjan (MACA), where conditions are reportedly harsh