CPJ, along with eight other human rights organizations, today urged the government of Equatorial Guinea to renew without further delay the passport of acclaimed cartoonist Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé.
Esono Ebalé, who lives in El Salvador with his wife and child, was arrested on September 16, 2017, while visiting his home country, Equatorial Guinea, to renew his passport. The cartoonist was acquitted on February 28, when the state’s sole witness recanted his story, and released from prison on March 7, but he cannot leave the country until authorities issue his travel document, according to the joint statement.
The full statement can be read here