Guinea
Sixteen years after a massacre at a Conakry stadium left 156 people dead, a second trial has opened in the Guinean capital, this time involving seven people accused of participating in the attack.
The defendants are facing a range of charges, including abuse of authority, murder, rape and torture. Three of them are on the run and will be tried in absentia.
The first trial related to the massacre took two years and in 2024 former leader Moussa Dadis Camara was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity. He was pardoned earlier this year by the head of Guinea’s military junta. Seven other defendants were convicted, with some receiving life sentences.
On September 28, 2009, a crackdown on an opposition rally left 156 people dead. They were shot, stabbed or bayoneted, and hundreds of others were injured. More than 100 women were raped, with some held captive, tortured and forced into sexual slavery.
01:13
Gabon: Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo sentenced to 20 years in jail for embezzlement
01:14
Civil trial over payouts to families of Ethiopia Boeing crash victims to proceed
01:16
Trial begins for Eritrean man accused of leading brutal migrant smuggling network
01:40
Women displaced from al-Fashir in Sudan describe harrowing experiences
02:23
Zimbabwe girls use ancient Nhanga to combat child marriage
01:50
DRC: Military court convicts 23 people over collaboration with Allied Democratic Forces