In studies conducted in Papua New Guinea, Paul Ekman, the world's most renowned researcher on facial expressions, found that even members of the Fore tribe, who were completely disconnected from Western culture, and also known for their unusual cannibalism rituals, attributed smiles to descriptions of situations the same way you and I would.

According to the testimony of these men and other victims received by the Special Rapporteur, the abuses are attributable to the following persons Narciso Edu, alias Edu Fore, Military Police Commissioner Timoteo Mebiam, alias Adjinana , Frontier Commissioner Victoriano Ela Nsang, alias Commissioner X , Deputy Commissioner in Malabo and the officials already mentioned in connection with the incidents described above.