The family of a Portuguese-Belgian aid worker detained in the Central African Republic for allegedly being in touch with armed groups to plot a coup have maintaining his innocence and called for his release, even as the African government says it had evidence to support its accusations.
This family handout provided by Georges Martin shows his brother Joseph Figueira Martin, playing with a sloth at the ecological park in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Two months after Joseph Figueira Martin, a Portuguese-Belgian aid worker, was arrested in Central African Republic over spying allegations, he is still held in a military prison without charges and is on his second week of hunger strike, his family said on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, his family released a statement pleading with the governments of Portugal and Belgium for help. The statement comes after authorities in Central African Republic said last week they had found evidence that Figueira Martin financed and coordinated the activities of armed groups. has been in conflict since 2013, when predominantly Muslim rebels seized power and forced then-president François Bozizé from office. Mostly Christian militias fought back. Ais also present in Central African Republic to hold off armed rebel groups and keep President Faustin-Archange Touadera, who has been in office since 2016, in power.
“The allegations against Mr. Martin do not align with the facts surrounding his visit or the work of FHI 360,” the organization said in a statement earlier this month.
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