57 jailed in Gabon after violent protests: opposition [1]

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AFP, August 18, 2012

Supporters of the opposition's National Union party leader Andre Mba Obame take part in a demonstration in Libreville (AFP/File, Xavier Bourgois)

LIBREVILLE — Fifty-seven people arrested in Gabon last week during a violent opposition protest are being held in a barracks and denied food from their families, an opposition leader said Saturday.

Tensions in Gabon's capital Libreville have been simmering since police stopped an unauthorised protest Wednesday in support of opposition leader Andre Mba Obame, who claims he won a 2009 election against current President Ali Bongo Ondimba.

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