Guinea
Guinea held long-delayed local elections in February 2018, but allegations of electoral fraud and ethnic and communal tensions led to deadly clashes between protesters and security forces. Popular frustration over economic inequality and the slow pace of economic development led to unrest, exemplified by often-violent protests against a fuel-price increase in July and long-running teachers’ strikes. The government regularly banned demonstrations led by opposition and civil society groups, while security forces often resorted to excessive force and engaged in criminality and extortion in seeking to disperse often violent street protests. Violations of freedom of expression, including the arrest of and attacks against journalists, persisted.
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Victims of Draconian Forced Evictions in Guinea Seek Justice
Residents Take the Fight for Compensation to the ECOWAS Court
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Guinea: Dam Displacement Destroys Livelihoods
16,000 People Losing Land for China-Backed Souapiti Project
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Interview: Displaced and Destitute as Guinea Advances Dam Project with Help from China
How a Flawed Resettlement Process Is Robbing Thousands of Villagers of Their Livelihood
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Guinea: Fear of Further Crackdown as Constitutional Poll Nears
Longstanding Impunity Fuels Abuses by Police, Gendarmes
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Guinea Support for 2009 Massacre Trial ‘Unequivocal’
Justice Minister Affirms Trial to Start in June
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Funeral Killings Ahead of New Round of Guinea Demonstrations
Three Allegedly Killed on November 4 During Funeral for Slain Demonstrators
