US EditionGuinea ex-security chief convicted over crimes against humanity dies
Claude Pivi died from diabetes complications while in custody after a life sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre that killed at least 156 people, officials said.
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He was one of the main convicted of crimes against humanity in the trial of the massacre of 28 September 2009, before becoming the most wanted man in the country. The Attorney General announced his death following a "chronic diabetes".
Guinea ex-security chief convicted over crimes against humanity dies
CONAKRY, Guinea — A key figure convicted of crimes against humanity for a 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea has died, authorities said Tuesday. Claude Pivi was a former colonel and minister in charge of security under the West African nation’s then-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara. Pivi, also known as Coplan, was convicted in absentia in 2004 for his role in a massacre at a stadium in the capital Conakry where at least 156 people were killed. READ: IC…
In Guinea, the General Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday 6 January 2026, in the evening, the death of Colonel Claude Pivi, former right-hand man of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, former head of the junta that led Guinea between December 2008 and December 2009. Colonel Pivi had been sentenced to life imprisonment after the massacre of 28 September 2009 in Conakry stadium, where opponents had gathered to denounce a possible candidate for the …
Guinea: Co-Accused with Daddis Camara and Sentenced to Life Imprisonment, Claude Pivi Died in Prison
The Attorney General's Office at the Conakry Court of Appeal announced, by official communiqué, the death in custody of Claude Pivo, co-accused in the file of the events of 28 September 2009 at the Conakry stadium. The information was made public on 6 January 2026 by the Attorney General, Fallou Doumbouya, in a press release intended for national and international opinion.
Through a press release, broadcast on the evening of this Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Appeal of Conakry announced the death of Claude Pivi, sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity in connection with the events of September 28, 2009.... Read article Death of Claude Pivi: the Public Prosecutor's Office announces a forensic autopsy first appeared on ledjely.
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