• Guinea: Progress in Massacre Probe
    Press release
    Feb 9, 2012
    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
    Press release
    Dec 21, 2011
    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.
  • Letter to Monseigneur Coulibaly and El Haj Camara on Truth-Telling and Reconciliation
    Letter
    Dec 15, 2011
    Letter to Monseigneur Coulibaly and El Hadj Camara regarding the Guinean government’s efforts to establish a truth-telling and reconciliation mechanism.
  • Guinea: Investigate Detention, Intimidation of Activists
    Press release
    Nov 11, 2011
    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
    Press release
    Sep 27, 2011

    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
    Press release
    Jun 9, 2011
    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
    Press release
    May 24, 2011
    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.
  • Letter to African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on Developing an AU Human Rights Strategy
    Letter
    Dec 14, 2010
  • Guinea: Witnesses Describe Security Force Excesses
    Press release
    Nov 29, 2010
    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.
  • Guinea: Ensure Fair Trials in Post-Election Violence
    Press release
    Nov 24, 2010
    Guinean authorities need to ensure fair trials for the approximately 125 men and boys arrested during violence after the results were announced for the run-off presidential election.