Examples of using Obono in English and their translations into Russian
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Concerning José Oló Obono.
The defence lawyer, José Olo Obono, was himself imprisoned.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that the incidence of AIDS was much higher in the cities than in the rural areas.
This is what José Oló Obono did and why he was arrested.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that the Constitution of Equatorial Guinea did not allow for discrimination against women in any sphere.
According to the allegations, José Oló Obono, a respected human rights lawyer in his country, was arrested on 21 July 1998.
Of the 15 prisoners who had been tortured, those with the most serious injuries were Basilio Bacale Obono, Clemente Mesi Obiang and Juan Mongomo Eboro.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that the issue of customary marriages was very difficult, and was tied up with the question of stereotyped attitudes.
The Special Rapporteur has subsequently been informed that Mr. Oló Obono was released from Black Beach prison in Malabo on 15 January 1999, at the end of his prison term.
Another party whose application for legalization has not been dealt with by the authorities is the Independent Democratic and Social Party(PIDS),headed by the lawyer José Oló Obono.
It was alleged that Mr. Obono levelled strong criticism at the authorities during an interview he gave to the Spanish press in connection with the death of his former client, Martin Puye Topete.
In his last report the Special Rapporteur referred to information he had received concerning lawyer José Oló Obono, who was detained at the police station in Malabo on 21 July 1998 see E/CN.4/1999/60, para. 88.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea), replying to Committee members' questions, said that, like other African countries, Equatorial Guinea had inherited a tradition in which women were subordinate to men.
No reply has apparently been received to the application for legalization submitted by the Independent Democratic and Social Party(PIDS),headed by the lawyer José Oló Obono referred to in the Special Representative's previous report.
Concern has been expressed that Mr. Oló Obono was compelled to serve a sentence for charges that were allegedly meritless, particularly since the prosecutors had dropped the charges prior to sentencing.
The Special Rapporteur learned of just one case where habeas corpus was applied for, andit was effective since it enabled Mrs. Isabel Obono Endamian, who had been detained in an unknown place, to be transferred to Bata prison, whence she was shortly released.
The source also reported that both Mr. Oló Obono and another lawyer involved in the case, Colonel Lorenzo Ondó Ela Mangue, received death threats after they had informed the court of systematic torture of those detainees.
On 26 August 1998, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Government concerning a lawyer, José Oló Obono, who was arrested at his home on 21 July 1998 and detained at the police station in Malabo before being provisionally released on 21 August 1998.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that she had taken note of the excellent recommendations made by Ms. Belmihoub-Zerdani and confirmed that foreign nationals married to citizens of Equatorial Guinea were entitled to retain their own nationality.
The Special Rapporteur was also informed that José Olo Obono, well-known criminal lawyer and secretary-general of one of the parties awaiting recognition, has been sentenced to five months in prison and a fine for"insulting the Government.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that because pregnancy at an early age was an obstacle to the education and advancement of women, the Government was taking special measures to ensure that pregnant schoolgirls continued their education.
The Group was informed of the detention of persons who had acted in defence of ethnic minorities(José Olo Obono, in Equatorial Guinea(Opinion No. 22/1999)) and of activists claiming the right to autonomy and self-determination of the minorities to which they belong(in Indonesia(Opinion No. 11/1999) and in Ethiopia(Opinion No. 18/1999)); all of these cases were considered by the Group to be arbitrary.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that the National Policy for the Advancement of Women formed the basis for all actions taken by the Government and its partners, including bilateral and multilateral international organizations, to bring about gender equality in Equatorial Guinea.
In the absence of any information from the Government,the Working Group considers that José Oló Obono was arrested for what the Court regarded as"insulting the Government", i.e. nothing more than strong criticism of the prison conditions in his country to which his clients were subjected during the socalled"macro trial" held summarily in a military court against 116 leaders of the Bubi ethnic group.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said the Constitution did in fact provide for discrimination to be defined in accordance with the Convention, because article 64(h) of the Constitution stated that international conventions prevailed over any existing or future domestic law once they had been ratified, following approval by the House of Representatives.
The well-known criminal lawyer and secretary-general of one of the parties awaiting recognition,José Oló Obono, is now in the Malabo public prison, having been sentenced to five months' imprisonment, fined CFAF 200,000 and ordered to pay a further CFAF 15 million(about $25,000) in compensation to the State for the offence of“insulting the Government”.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea) said that the Constitution guaranteed equal opportunities for men and women, while her country's Commission on Human Rights was responsible for ensuring respect for human rights-- not just those set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but also those laid down in all international instruments ratified by the Government.
In the opinion of the Working Group,José Oló Obono has legitimately exercised the human right provided for in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both in the courts and in the press.
Ms. Obono Engono(Equatorial Guinea), introducing her country's combined second and third periodic reports(CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3) and combined fourth and fifth periodic reports(CEDAW/C/GNQ/4-5), observed that the first step in the advancement of women had been the establishment of a Department for the Promotion of Women in 1980, now an independent ministry directed by women, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Status of Women.
It was alleged that Mr. Oló Obono was arrested solely because he sought to prevent the admission, as evidence, of statements made under torture by detainees on trial for alleged involvement in an attack on a military barracks on Bioko Island on 21 January 1998.