Arrested and tortured by Russian forces in the Central African Republic, humanitarian researcher Joseph Figueira Martin has been imprisoned in inhuman conditions for more than 500 days. Finally, authorities have given him a trial date: Tuesday, 28 October. Hopefully, Joe’s nightmare will end soon.

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Hope for Joe

Readers who followed me here from my newsletter at Human Rights Watch may remember the grim case of my one-time colleague at the International Cris...