Guinea grants opposition figure Aliou Bah presidential pardon
Summary
Guinea has granted a presidential pardon to opposition figure Aliou Bah, freeing him after nearly two years in prison for insulting junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya. The move comes amid growing accusations that the military government is tightening its grip on dissent.
Key Points
- Aliou Bah, a prominent Guinean opposition politician, was pardoned after being jailed for insulting junta leader General Mamadi Doumbouya.
- Bah had been sentenced to two years in prison, and his case had also reached the ECOWAS Court of Justice.
- The pardon was part of a decree granting clemency to 217 prisoners on Guinea’s independence day.
- Rights groups and opposition parties accuse Guinea’s military rulers of restricting political freedoms and suppressing dissent.
