French lawyers file complaint against ‘arbitrary’ detention of Bongo’s

Lawyers for Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, on Friday said they filed a lawsuit in Paris over her “arbitrary detention” and that of her son Jalil. Sylvia Bongo and her children are dual Franco-Gabonese nationals. “Because they’re French nationals, France has jurisdiction,” Catalina de la Sota, a lawyer at Zimeray and Finelle Advocates, told FRANCE 24.