The Supreme Refuses to Hand over to Equatorial Guinea the Case of Kidnapping and Torture Against Obiang's Son

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The Supreme Court has rejected the last attempt by the judge of the Santiago Pedraz National High Court to close the case for terrorism, kidnapping and torture against Carmelo Ovono Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and other senior officials of the regime and to transfer the investigation to the authorities of the former Spanish colony, who had declared themselves competent to carry it out. The case conce…