Cruz Obiang Ebele is an Equatoguinean political activist currently imprisoned on weapons possession charges.
His imprisonment drew protest from the US State Department and Amnesty International, the latter of which designated him a prisoner of conscience.
Ebele was held for a month at the police station, stating later that he was tortured there by beatings and electric shocks; he also was allegedly hung by his feet from the ceiling.
Authorities alleged he had thrown himself from the top bunk of his cell to commit suicide, but relatives received his body in an advanced state of decomposition, and no investigation was ever conducted.
[2] Despite being charged with unrelated crimes, the six were tried alongside Simon Mann, a UK national who had helped to organize a 2004 coup attempt.