Togo summoned the EU ambassador to protest a European Parliament resolution on the detention of an Irish-Togolese national in the West African nation, according to an official document seen by AFP.
The resolution calls on Togolese authorities to release Irish citizen Abdoul Aziz Goma, one of 14 people jailed for ten years in February for "plotting against internal security" after taking part in banned opposition demonstrations in 2018.
It condemns the Togolese government's detention and says he has been held "in secret" and "tortured".
A Togolese foreign ministry note says the West African nation considers the resolution a "clear interference in a purely judicial and sovereign issue".
Togo saw new deadly demonstrations this year against constitutional reforms that opponents say will allow Faure Gnassingbe, who has ruled the country for 20 years, to tighten his grip on power.
