Sitting on the bus from ludgate hill into work this morning i was reading through the guardian, when i came across a small item about the arrest of a british human rights campaigner in angola, whilst out there working on the oil and diamond industries.
The campaigner was well known to me as i had worked with her in the business and human rights team in my current job several years ago and we kept in touch since she'd moved to Global Witness. Once i got to work i contacted colleagues to see if we could add our support to getting her released as soon as possible. Gradually as the day went by it emerged that she had been arrested last sunday and hadn't been given access to a lawyer of her choice. It appears she may have been arrested for taking photos of an airport. By the end of the day it seemed like she had been given bail but it wasn't clear whether she had yet been released and when her 'trial' might be.
I shall be thinking of Sarah tonight and hope that she is soon back in the uk unharmed! For more info http://www.globalwitness.org/
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