The five men named above were sentenced to death by the Assizes Court in Conakry, Guinea, on 8 August 1995. They are believed to have appealed to a higher jurisdiction. AI fears that the sentences may be confirmed and that the prisoners may be executed in the near furture. AI opposes the death...

Sergeant Sekou Bangoura was sentenced to death on 6 June 1995. He was convicted of causing the deaths of three people and injuring others after throwing a grenade into a bar in Conakry on 10 May 1995.

Amadou Oury Bah was released on 29 October 1992. He had apparently been arrested on the basis of a prisoners’ testimony which alleged that he had been involved in an attempt to assassinate President Lansana Conte on 12 October. The testimony was later withdrawn and there was no evidence against...

Amadou Oury Bah, a founder member of the Organisation guineenne des droits de l’homme (OGDH) and now leader of the Union des Forces democratiques (UFD) was arrested on 27 October 1992 by members of the Presidential Guard at his home in Conakry. No reason has been given for his arrest and it is not...

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