Pastor and ex-Justice Minister Rubén Maye Nsue Mangue has been pardoned after two years in detention.
A pastor and former justice minister in Equatorial Guinea, who was detained two years ago for calling the president a "demon", has been freed.Mr Obiang, 82, is Africa's longest-serving ruler, having taken power in a coup in 1979.
He refused to apologise to the head of state. He was then accused of provoking public disorder, and the justice ministry also barred him from preaching. On Monday, Mr Mangue told the AFP news agency that he had not received a lawyer's visit throughout his detention, and he had not been put on trial.A decree issued on Friday granted Mr Mangue and 19 others amnesty.
Mr Mangue is an ordained Pentecostal pastor, serving with the Prophetic Ministry Church of the Shadow of Christ.
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