"We Won't Shut up": the Bongos Target the Gabonese State in a Press Release

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A few days after testifying in front of the Crimes Against Humanity division of the Paris High Court, the Bongo family shoves the nail. In a long press release broadcast this Thursday, July 3, Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo reiterate their accusations of torture against the Gabonese authorities. They claim to have placed on the file their complaint filed in France in May 2024 with the rest of the family (ex-President Ali, and the two youngest sons, …

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The Special Adviser and Spokesman of the Presidency of the Republic, Theophane Nzame-Nze-Biyoghe, in a press conference held on Friday, July 04, 2025 in Libreville, described the position of the former Gabonese First Lady Sylvia Bongo and his Nourredin Bongo Valentin, who filed a complaint against the Gabonese state in France for "torture and inhuman treatment" when they were in pre-trial detention at the central prison in Libreville, as "a stra…

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In a case that could make waves, the Bongo family, in power in Gabon for 56 years before the coup d'état of August 2023, filed a complaint before the French court. Ali Bongo, his wife Sylvia and their son Noureddin, all of French nationality, accused the new Gabonese authorities of "sequestration, arbitrary detention, acts of torture and barbarism."Irrigant accusations before the Parisian judges In front of the crime against humanity pole of the…

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The former Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba was heard by the French courts on Tuesday, 1 July, following the hearings of his wife Sylvia and their son Noureddine, in connection with their complaint of "organized kidnapping, arbitrary detention, acts of torture and barbarism". The former Gabonese president, whose family led Gabon for 55 years, was heard on Tuesday, 1 July in Paris by two investigating judges on his complaint lodged in May 202…

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Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo Valentin broke their silence in a shock statement dated 3 July 2025, accusing the Gabonese authorities of arbitrary detention, systematic torture and illegal confiscation of their property. The children of former President Omar Bongo denounce an ordeal of "more than 20 months" suffered after the military coup d'état of 30 August 2023, where their entire family was taken hostage, including a child of one year. Det…