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Disappearances Multiply in Strongman Doumbouya's Guinea
Since the 2021 coup, around 20 enforced disappearances have occurred targeting opposition and critics, with few investigations and ongoing human rights concerns, experts say.
- Reporting shows Guinea's military leader, General Mamady Doumbouya, oversaw systemic abductions since seizing power in 2021, with victims held in Conakry locations.
- After rejoining ECOWAS and the AU, critics say foreign partners now prioritize business over democracy, weakening accountability, as Doumbouya participated in an AU summit.
- Abdoul Sacko recounted that he was hooded, tortured in several Conakry locations, waterboarded, roughed up, and released about 60 kilometres from Conakry before living in Senegal.
- Despite allegations, Guinea's authorities deny knowledge of disappearances and investigations have produced no results, while no international institution has publicly challenged Guinea's human rights record.
- Civil society figures report 'From 2023 until today, we have counted somewhere around 20 people who are victims of forced disappearances', including activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah missing since July 2024, plus recent kidnappings of relatives, including children and an 84-year-old woman.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right5Center14Last UpdatedBias Distribution61% Center
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- 61% of the sources are Center
61% Center
L 17%
C 61%
R 22%
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