At the circus

Britain's tenuous relations with Equatorial Guinea are likely to be the other casualty - alongside natural justice - after this week's show trial in Malabo of former Special Air Services officer Simon Mann, a Lebanese national named Mohammed Salam and six Equatorial Guineans.

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Britain, Simon Mann, Lebanese, Mohammed Salam, José Olo Obono, Ely Calil, Mark Thatcher, Greg Wales, David Tremain, Nigel Morgan, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Severo Moto, Zimbabwe, Ponciano Mbomio Nvo, Andrew Kerman, Spain, United States, Gabriel Nguema Lima, in absentia, et al

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