Guinea
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for June 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for June 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
Elections are planned for late June in Guinea, the next step in moving towards greater respect for the rule of law after decades of authoritarian and often oppressive rule. These elections must be fair and free, and once installed, the new administration must take concrete steps to ensure those responsible for the brutal September 2009 attacks on opposition supporters - in which more than 150 were killed and over 100 women raped by security forces- are held accountable.
Download the the June MAP [PDF]
Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo
28 March 2010
Human Rights Watch
A report on the LRA attack in the Makombo area of Haut Uele area on 14 and 17 December 2009.
Link to Trail of Death: LRA Atrocities in Northeastern Congo
Refugees in the DRC: A discussion document
January 2010
International Alert
A discussion report on Congolese refugees returning from Rwanda from 2003 to 2008 and the subsequent issues it raises.
Link to Refugees in the DRC: A discussion document
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for February 2010
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for February 2010, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
The Security Council has received the report of the Commission of Inquiry regarding the violence on the 28th September, 2009. Action regarding Guinea must include accountability for crimes of international humanitarian law, and ensure the protection of witnesses to these crimes and of human rights defenders. In addition, key actors in Guinea have signed a framework power-sharing agreement: women must be meaningfully included in future negotiations, and their rights and concerns included in any further agreements.
Download the February MAP [PDF]
Guinea Chapter, 2010 World Report
20 January 2010
Human Rights Watch
This chapter on Guinea in Human Rights Watch’s 2010 World Report outlines key events and issues from 2009.
Link to World Report Chapter.
Evidence of new arrests, harassment and illegal detentions by Guinea security forces
3 December 2009
Amnesty International
Guinea’s security forces are continuing to arrest and harass activists and others, following a massacre during a political protest on 28 September, Amnesty International found during a recent visit to Guinea.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for November 2009
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for November 2009, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea:
The Secretary-General’s Commission of Inquiry has been appointed and is investigating the situation in Guinea. The Security Council should support this commission’s specific attention to the reports of targeted violence against women in its investigation. The commission should involve civil society, and ensure that adequate security measures are provided to protect witnesses, victims and their families, staff and others associated with the inquiry. The commission’s findings and recommendations should be officially proclaimed and disseminated publicly without undue delay. The recommendations should include measures for redress and guarantees of non-repetition. Women should be represented during talks regarding power-sharing in the country. These talks should include women’s rights and interests.
Download the December 2009 MAP in English [PDF]
Guinea: September 28 Massacre Was Premeditated
27 October 2009
Human Rights Watch
(New York) – An in-depth investigation into the September 28, 2009 killings and rapes at a peaceful rally in Conakry, Guinea, has uncovered new evidence that the massacre and widespread sexual violence were organized and were committed largely by the elite Presidential Guard, commonly known as the “red berets,” Human Rights Watch said today.
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Open Letter to Security Council Members on the Situation in Guinea
13 October 2009
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In response to recent sexual violence which was aimed at women in Guinea by members of the Guinean armed forces in the aftermath of political violence on 28 September 2009, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security sent a letter to all Members of the Security Council urging them to support an international investigation with special attention paid to sexual violence, as well as other measures in line with the recently adopted Security Council resolution 1888.
Download the Letter [PDF]
Guinea: Free or Charge Detainees
4 October 2009
Human Rights Watch
(Dakar) - Guinean authorities should immediately free all those detained without charge following the bloody crackdown on an opposition rally on September 28, 2009, or charge them with a specific criminal offense followed by a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.
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International inquiry needed into violence by Guinea security forces
1 October 2009
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has revealed details of the brutal attacks committed by security forces in Guinea, during the suppression of a mass rally in Conakry on Monday, and the extent to which the violence was organized by the army.
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