The families of the two Andalusians detained and imprisoned since January 2025 in Equatorial Guinea plan to gather this Saturday, October 10, at 11:00 a.m., in front of the Government Subdelegation in Granada, where they will carry out a peaceful traffic blockade. With this mobilization, they want to denounce the "abandonment" of the Executive in a case where they fear the imminent holding of a trial "without evidence".
The Javier and David Aid Association - Human Rights explains that the call aims to "make visible the situation of extreme gravity and vital risk" faced by David Rodríguez Ballesta, a native of Granada, and Javier Marañón Montero, a Cordoban from Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, "arbitrarily detained" in Black Beach prison (Malabo), considered one of the most dangerous prisons on the planet, for more than 20 months.
The support group for these two Andalusians recalls that both work as private employees in the telecommunications sector and maintains "that they have been used as human hostages in an economic conflict unrelated to them." The two arrested are related to a company contracted for the deployment of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in the African country.
"Imminent trial without evidence" and criticism of Foreign Affairs
The association emphasizes that one of the central reasons for the protest is an "imminent trial without evidence." It points out that the summary instructed in Malabo "completely lacks evidence or charges against the two Spaniards, intending to judge them for a crime (unlawful enrichment) reserved by Equatorial Guinean law for public officials."
Furthermore, the families reproach the "inaction of the Government of Spain and failed negotiations." They denounce that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "has limited itself to procedural responses and ineffective consular assistance, avoiding the activation of direct political pressures or coordination with the European Parliament." They also add that "the negotiations for the money they are asking for their rescue are not progressing."
The relatives particularly emphasize "the vital risk and unsanitary conditions" that Javier and David face: "The two Spaniards suffer from chronic conditions without hospital care, survive without drinking water or healthy food provided by the prison, and have tripled the legal maximum limit of preventive detention set by law," they detail in a statement.
They also assure that, on numerous occasions, entry has been banned to their lawyers "and they do not even allow the entry of a doctor to assess their illnesses and ailments."
(EUROPA PRESS)