Congo: Human rights report on illegal detentions

Several military personnel and civilians are being held illegally for prolonged periods and often under inhumane conditions, according to the human-rights watchdog (L'observatoire congolais des droits de l'homme) in the Republic of Congo. In a new report, the organisation denounced the arrest in February 2005 of 13 army officers and warrant officers for the alleged theft of weapons from a military camp south of the capital, Brazzaville.