Answer to a written question – Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic – P-001737/2025(ASW)

The High Representative /Vice-President and the European External Action Service are following the case since its inception, in close cooperation and consultation with the Belgian and Portuguese authorities who have had access to Mr Figueira Martin and have been providing him with regular consular assistance.

The High Representative /Vice-President , together with Belgium and Portugal, have stressed to the authorities of the Central African Republic the imperative that Mr Figueira Martin’s rights to due process be upheld and that his detention conditions respect international standards.