Guinea ex-dictator sentenced for 2009 massacre pardoned: junta

Guinea ex-ruler Moussa Dadis Camara pardoned over stadium massacre

Moussa Dadis Camara, pardoned on health grounds, was less than a year into a 20-year sentence.

The ex-military, in power from 2008 to 2010, was pardoned Friday for "health reasons" and was sentenced last year for his responsibility in the massacre of 28 September 2009, where dozens of people had been murdered.

In West African Guinea, the imprisoned former dictator Camara has been pardoned.

Guinea pardons former ruler Moussa Dadis Camara amid controversy

In a controversial decision, Guinea's ruling junta leader, General Mamadi Doumbouya, has granted a presidential pardon to former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara

Guinea ex-dictator freed from jail after 2009 massacre pardon: junta

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, jailed for 20 years over a 2009 massacre, was pardoned for "health reasons" by the West African country's junta head, with a human rights body Saturday saying he has left prison.

Guinea's former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara is pardoned after previously being convicted of a massacre at a sports stadium in which hundreds of people were killed by the military.