Four human rights activists who were jailed in May for their role in a report on the country by Amnesty International, have been released provisionally, media organisations have reported.
State radio in Lome said the men had been granted freedom pending police investigations into their role in the report, which claimed hundreds of opposition activists were killed in 1998 during and after the re-election of President Gnassingbe Eyadema.
The Togolese authorities have denied the allegations and are suing Amnesty International.
The four men are Tengui Apidoh-Messahn and Gayibo Kokou of the opposition Convention dimocratique des peuples africains, Santana Brice of the Association pour la protection des libertis et la difense des droits humanitaires (a human rights group) and Nadjombi Koffi, a member of Amnesty’s Togo chapter.
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