UN body finds detention of 2 SA engineers in Equatorial Guinea 'arbitrary', calls for their release
Peter Huxham and Frederik Potgieter were arrested in February 2023 nearly a month after drugs were allegedly found in a plane that landed from Singapore.
Peter Huxham, 55, and Frederik Potgieter, 54, were arrested at their hotel in Malabo in February last year on drug-related charges.
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