Equatorial Guinea: Medical care urgently needed for over 60 political prisoners: New information: death of Juan Asumu Sima

Index Number: AFR 24/016/2002
Date Published: 16 September 2002
Categories: Africa, Equatorial Guinea

Juan Asumu Sima died in the morning of Saturday 31 August 2002 in Black Beach prison, Malabo. Amnesty International does not have information on the exact cause of death, but it is believed that, although he is elderly, the injuries he sustained during torture and harsh prison conditions may have contributed to his death.