Arrested on 26 May 2024 in Zémio in the south-east of the country by Wagner paramilitaries Joseph Figueira Martin was beaten and tortured before being imprisoned at Camp De Roux in Bangui for 17 months (AC Vol 65 No 17 A pawn in a zero-sum game Vol 65 No 23 Touadéra's balancing act & Vol 66 No 6 Moscow's prisoner)...
Belgian-Portuguese national Joseph Figueira Martin has been all but abandoned banged up for 10 months in a Bangui military camp in the Central African Republic awaiting trial on espionage charges that if found guilty carry a life sentence (AC Vol 65 No 17 A pawn in a zero-sum game)...
Russian operatives have been pushing for such a law since the arrest of Joseph Figueira Martin who is still detained (AC Vol 65 No 17 A pawn in a zero-sum game)...
The detention of 41-year-old aid worker Joseph Figueira Martin at Camp de Roux in Bangui shows the power of Russia's security services over President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's government and the judicial system...