Togo Police Bring an End to Rare Anti-Government Protests
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In Togo, 56 people were released, according to a statement by the public prosecutor read on State television, who had been arrested during the anti-power mobilizations held in Lomé on 5 and 6 June 2025, the anniversary day of the President of the Council, Faure Gnassingbé. Others are still in police custody and are due to be brought before the prosecutor on 10 June.
Lomé, 11 June 2025 – (©AfreePress) - In the face of the judicial follow-up of the popular demonstrations of 5 and 6 June in Lomé, Togolese lawyer Mr Atsoo K. Darius raised his voice this Tuesday to invite the Public Prosecutor's Office to abandon all the prosecutions against the citizens arrested. "This will do more good to +228," he said, in a statement calling for a preference for calm and social justice in a political context marked by strong…
Jeune Afrique /Africa in Summary / June 10, 2025 Togo's civil society and opposition parties demand the "immediate release of all political detainees", including those arrested during the protests against the regime dispersed by the police on June 5 and 6 in Lomé. The front "Don't touch [...] The Togo entrance. In the African country the opposition denounces "arbitrary" arrests during the recent demonstrations was first published in Latin Americ…
Following the peaceful demonstrations of June 5 and 6, 2025, several citizens, including a doctor, a midwife and a pharmacy student, were arrested. While 56 of them have just been released, the People's Health party of Dr. Georges WILLIAM-KOUESSAN calls, in a press release, for the immediate release of all other detainees. PRESS RELEASE During the peaceful demonstrations of June 5 and 6, 2025, intended solely to demand spaces of freedom, better …


Togo police bring an end to rare anti-government protests
In a show of strength, police officers in Togo deployed in large numbers across the capital Lome on Friday, putting an end to a rare demonstration against the government. Members of the Togolese Gendarmerie are seen operating in Lome on June 6, 2025. Gendarmes and police officers were deployed in force in several locations in the Togolese capital, Lomé, on Friday, after dispersing anti-government protesters earlier in the day.Law enforcement off…
Togolese civil society and opposition parties demand the "immediate release of all political detainees", including those apprehended during demonstrations against the regime dispersed by the police on 5 and 6 June in Lomé.
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