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Amnesty International Calls For Guinea Officials To Investigate Prison Deaths theowp.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theowp.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2 February 2021, 07:00 UTC
Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave of arrests targeting at least 400 opposition and civil society members across the country following the publication of the presidential election results in October, Amnesty International said today.
In the past two months, four people, including three supporters of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) have died in pre-trial detention in Conakry’s main prison. They were arrested in connection with protests in March 2020 against a referendum to change the constitution, and in October 2020 against the results of the presidential election which gave Alpha Condé a third term in office.
Guinea opposition spokesperson, Roger Bamba, has died while in police detention according to family members.
Bamba, who was the member of Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) party, fell ill while in police custody on Wednesday and was later taken to the hospital where he later died on the same day.
His family members including his wife Christine Mamy are accusing the police of state crimes.
The UFDG said Thursday in a statement that it had learned the sad news , adding that they still cannnot explain or describe the illness that took Bamba s life. They claim the late was in good health before his arrest.