Guinea: A Year On, Guinean Activists Still Missing

Rights groups press Guinea authorities for information on activists one year after enforced disappearances

A coalition of rights groups urged Guinean authorities on Tuesday to “urgently reveal” the whereabouts of civil society activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared one year ago. Cosigned by 25 Guinean and international human rights organizations, the group stated: We call on Guinean authorities to break their unbearable silence regarding the fate of the two FNDC activists. There is no indication that they have carr…

Guinea: A Year On, Guinean Activists Still Missing

Press Release - Credibly Investigate Disappearances of Oumar Sylla, Mamadou Billo Bah

A Year On, Guinean Activists Still Missing

Guinea’s military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political activists, make their whereabouts known, and either charge them with a recognizable crime or release them immediately.

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Guinea: One year after the enforced disappearance of FNDC activists, abductions increase in a ‘climate of terror’

Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (Front national de défense de la Constitution – FNDC) activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared a year ago, and ensure that those suspected to be responsible for the abductions and enforced disappearances in Guinea are brought to justice in fair trial and victims and family members of victims ar…