Namibia: Further information on Fear for safety
Paulo Mendes, Herculano Jornal Satchanga and Bartolomeu Sangueve were released on 27 October. The High Court has ordered that Jose Sekunda be released, but the authorities have not yet complied.
PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 42/04/00
8 November 2000
Further information on UA 330/00 (AFR 42/03/00, 1 November 2000) - Fear for
safety
NAMIBIAJose Domingos Sekunda, aged 63
Paulo Mendes
Herculano Jornal Satchanga
Bartolomeu Sangueve
Three of the four men named above have been released. The High Court has ordered
that the fourth be released, but the authorities have not yet complied.
Paulo Mendes, Herculano Jornal Satchanga and Bartolomeu Sangueve were released
on 27 October.
On 24 October the High Court ordered the government to release Jose Sekunda
if they could not show cause to keep him in custody by 10 November.
No further action is requested from the Urgent Action network at present. We
will send a further update on 10 November, and may be calling for further action
then.