The protestors decried the miscarriage of justice that has since defined the Guinean governments response to the killings that took place on September 28, 2009. On that day thousands of opposition protestors were attacked with tear gas and shot at by Guinean security forces at a demonstration in Conakry. 156 were recorded dead, 109 women were raped, and over 1,000 were injured. Several people remain missing.
Guineans in NYC held a massive protest over the 2009 massacre of pro-democracy activists today, near UN headquarters.
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The protestors decried the miscarriage of justice that has since defined the Guinean governments response to the killings that took place on September 28, 2009. On that day thousands of opposition protestors, assembled at a football stadium, were attacked with tear gas and shot at by Guinean security forces at a demonstration in Conakry. 156 were recorded dead, 109 women were raped, and over 1,000 were injured. Several people remain missing.
On Friday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, condemned the sluggish response to the disaster and its aftermath, imploring the Guinean government to act to investigate and prosecute violence against protestors.
“Five years after the Guinea stadium events, justice remains elusive for the victims,” Al Hussein said. “It is particularly disturbing that at least two high-ranking officials who were charged in relation to the September 2009 violations remain in influential positions within the defence and security forces.” said High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in Geneva.