"The Perverse Side of Things"

Torture, Inadequate Detention Conditions, and Excessive Use of Force by Guinean Security Forces

I. Summary

II. Background

III. Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of Suspects in Police Custody

Arrest and Interrogation of Suspects

Types of Torture or Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment Experienced During Police Custody

Who is Targeted

Government Response

IV. Prolonged Pre-trial Detention in Guinean Prisons

V. Prison Conditions

Overcrowding

Lack of Food and Nutrition

Volunteer Prison Guards

VI. Excessive Use of Force and the Killing of Unarmed Demonstrators

June 2006 Nationwide Strike

Accounts of Lethal Use of Force

Accounts of Police Beatings, Rape, and Robbery of Bystanders

Intimidation of Journalists, Union Leaders, and Opposition Parties in Connection with the June 2006 Strike

Government Response to Killings and Other Strike-Related Abuses

VII. Conclusion

VIII. Recommendations

To the Government of Guinea

To the Judiciary

To the United States, France, the European Union and other International Donors

To the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: