• Guinea: Step Up Efforts to Ensure Justice for Stadium Massacre
    Dec 5, 2012
    Press release
    The Guinean government should increase support to the domestic investigation of the September 28, 2009 massacre, rapes, and other abuses to enable fair, credible prosecutions of the crimes without further delay, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The conclusion is based on extensive research and analysis of the factors holding up the investigation. International partners – including the European Union (EU), United States, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – also should increase pressure and support for justice to be done.  
  • Guinea: Ensure Justice in Treasury Chief’s Death
    Nov 16, 2012
    Press release
    Guinean authorities should speedily and transparently bring to justice those responsible for the November 9, 2012 killing of the country’s treasury director. Aissatou Boiro, director of the Office of the Treasury, was investigating a high-level corruption case, her co-workers told Human Rights Watch.
  • Guinea: Stadium Massacre Victims Await Justice
    Sep 29, 2012
    Press release
    Hundreds of victims of the 2009 massacre, rapes, and other abuses by security forces in Guinea have yet to see justice done on the eve of the third anniversary of the attacks. The Guinean government should increase support for the domestic investigation of the crimes so that those responsible can be held to account without further delay.   
  • Guinea: Progress in Massacre Probe
    Feb 9, 2012
    Press release
    The decision by investigative judges in Guinea to file charges against a high-level military official allegedly implicated in grave violations of human rights during a massacre of protesters in 2009 is an important step toward ensuring justice for the victims. Security forces were implicated in the killings of more than 150 opposition members and the rape of over 100 women in the aftermath of a peaceful demonstration.
  • Guinea: Intensify Attention to Human Rights Challenges
    Dec 21, 2011
    Press release
    President Alpha Condé of Guinea should intensify efforts to confront chronic rule of law problems that sustained decades of abuse. Condé completes a year in office on December 21, 2011.
  • Guinea: Investigate Detention, Intimidation of Activists
    Nov 11, 2011
    Press release
    The Guinean government should investigate the role of two high-level officials in the apparent illegal detention and intimidation of members of a prominent Guinean human rights group. The actions of the Conakry governor, Sékou Resco Camara, and a high-level police colonel, Amadou Camara, amount to both an abuse of authority and a clear attempt to interfere in the independence of the judiciary.
  • Guinea: 2 Years On, Stadium Massacre Unpunished
    Sep 27, 2011
    Press release
    No one has been held to account two years after Guinean security forces gunned down unarmed protesters at an opposition rally in Conakry, the capital. The Guinean government needs to do more to ensure justice for victims of the massacre on September 28, 2009.
  • ILO: Adopt New Treaty to Combat Child Labor
    Jun 9, 2011
    Press release
    Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations should combat child labor by adopting a new international treaty on the rights of domestic workers.
  • Guinea: A Nation at the Crossroads
    May 24, 2011
    Press release
    President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse in Guinea. A Human Rights report identifies the main factors that have contributed to years of impunity and recommends steps Guinea should take to promote good governance and to end the history of abuse.
  • Guinea: Witnesses Describe Security Force Excesses
    Nov 29, 2010
    Press release
    Security forces in Guinea used excessive force and displayed a lack of political neutrality when responding to election-related violence. The violence, between supporters of presidential candidates Alpha Condé and Cellou Dalein Diallo, and between protesters and security services, took place in Conakry, the capital, and other cities between November 15 and 19, 2010. At least seven people died, and 220 were wounded.