The families of two detained South African engineers staged a peaceful protest outside Africa Energy Week (AEW) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this week calling on government officials from Equatorial Guinea in attendance at the conference to release the men, who have been held for nearly 21 months.
The families of two detained South Africa n engineers staged a peaceful protest outside Africa Energy Week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
According to Sandra Sowray, who has been speaking publicly on behalf of the families, this seizure of assets was unrelated to the detaining of the men. The family said despite the super yacht being released, the villas remain impounded in South Africa. During the protest, the relatives were dressed in white t-shirts which read: “#FreeFrikAndPeter, and hoisted placards in the air, some reading: “United Nations declares detention illegal and ’Bring our loved ones home’.”
Kathy McConnachie, Huxham’s life partner, said they would not give up pleading for the men to be released and that they worried day and night about their well-being.“They’ve already endured so much suffering during these long months of imprisonment under extremely difficult conditions. Both Huxham and Potgieter are respected engineers who has experience of more than a decade and have worked in the oil and gas sector in Equatorial Guinea for many years according to the families.
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