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Statement on the 2017-2018 report of the NGO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL on Togo





STATEMENT ON THE 2017-2018 REPORT OF THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NGO ON TOGO ASVITTO WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE OBJECTIVITY, PRECISION AND CLEARITY OF THE REPORT AND INVITE THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMIT TO MORE EFFECTIVELY IN RESPECT OF THE RIGHTS OF THE MAN FOR EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS


 In its 2017-2018 annual report published early last week on the human rights situation in Togo, the NGO Amnesty International was very objective, very precise and very clear. The report indexed in a very detailed manner almost all the realities and practices that hinder the respect of human rights in Togo.
It is with great satisfaction that the Association of Victims of Torture in Togo (ASVITTO) welcomed this report, which showed a clearness and unequaled truth over the period of the serious political crisis in progress in Togo. .
ASVITTO is keen to approve and validate the content of this report and to congratulate it on its exhaustively objective nature, which is in line with the realities of the daily violation of human rights in Togo.
While congratulating the NGO Amnesty International for the impartial expertise of its studies and investigations that shed light on serious violations of human rights, including violations of fundamental freedoms through the trivialization of torture and ill-treatment , ASVITTO also notes that no form of violation has been obscured in this report.
Moreover, ASVITTO once again welcomes the release of torture victims in the Kara and Lomé market fire cases, since it should be recalled that the arrests of these persons had not respected any form of law since the preliminary inquiry, because there was no serious evidence of material or moral evidence that could justify these arrests. The memory of the Togolese was able to hold that the investigations were exclusively dependent on a political side and the tracks that should be the subject of a serious investigation were knowingly ignored. In other words, the judicial proceedings initiated as a result of all these arrests have suffered from legitimacy, that is why a political solution to this issue is only a question of common sense to allow the liberation of the innocent. To this end, it is imperative for the Government authorities and in view of the numerous reports damaging the Togolese justice system, to strive to respect the independence of the judiciary from the executive in accordance with the constitutional provisions in order to allow the justice to regain the trust of litigants. It is therefore in the government's interest to correct the political instrumentalization of the Judges and to promote respect for the rules of the rule of law rather than lash out at credible human rights organizations. That said,
In view of the foregoing, it is necessary to urge the government authorities to proceed, with the same political impetus, to the release of the other detainees including MP Kpatchaa GNASSINGBE in order to put an end to what should be called " political hostage "to bring down the tension in the country.
Finally ASVITTO reiterates all its support and encouragement to the NGO Amnesty International for its professionalism, its investment and its commitment to the truth.

Done at Lomé on 25 February 2018
For ASVITTO
The President

Mr. ATCHOLI K. Monzolouwè

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