Guinea Court Hears Ex-Minister’s Appeal in Corruption Case
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Guinea Court Hears Ex-Minister’s Appeal in Corruption Case
Guinea’s anti-corruption court has begun hearing Mohamed Diane’s appeal. Diane, a former defence minister under ex-president Alpha Conde, is seeking to overturn a five-year prison sentence for embezzlement. Diane, a key figure in Conde’s administration from 2015 to 2021, was convicted in December of embezzlement, illicit enrichment, money laundering, and corruption of public officials. He has been detained since 2022 and continues to deny all ch…
Q: Last month in Guinea, a new activist and political opponent, Abdoul Sacko, was arrested and then released by the Guinean authorities. While we are still without news of Foniké Menguè and Mamadou Billo Bah since the summer of 2024, about which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been very silent, does France intend to speak about this new case of human rights violations? A: France is following the situation in Guinea carefully. Like the Econom…
The former Defense Minister under Alpha Condé had been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption last December. In detention since 2022, he continues to claim his innocence and denounces "a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of criminal law".
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