Djibouti: Potential prisoner opf conscience: Aref Mohamed Aref

Index Number: AFR 23/001/1999
Date Published: 5 February 1999
Categories: Africa, Djibouti

Aref Mohamed Aref, a human rights defender who was barred from travelling to the Paris Human Rights Defenders Summit in December 1998, has been summoned to appear in court in Djibouti on 15 February 1999 on charges of fraud. AI believes the charges to be politically motivated