Court of Appeal Releases Jailed Civil Society Activists
A Court of Appeal in Conakry on November 28, 2019, conditionally released ten members of the political pressure group, Front National pour la Defense…
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MFWA Alarmed at Attacks on Journalists Covering Recent Demonstrations in Guinea
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned about violence perpetrated against journalists covering recent demonstrations in Guinea and urge state security…
Two Dead as Police Attack Funeral Procession of Killed Protesters
At least two protesters have been killed in clashes between security forces and a cortege accompanying the coffins of eleven people killed in a…
Two More Dead as Deadly Repression Against Protesters in Guinea Continues
Two days after an attack on a funeral procession led to two deaths among the mourners, security forces in Guinea have killed two more…
- Guinea || Freedom Of Assembly ||
Two Dead as Police Attack Funeral Procession of Killed Protesters
At least two protesters have been killed in clashes between security forces and a cortege accompanying the coffins of eleven people killed in a…
- Guinea || Freedom Of Assembly ||
Police Arrest 13 Civil Society Leaders Ahead of Planned Demonstration
Ahead of a demonstration organised by the Front National pour la Defence de la Constitution (FNDC), police officers in Guinea have arrested over a…
Nigeria’s Security Forces Go on Rampage, As Guinea’s Media Stand up to Oppression
A series of press freedom and freedom of assembly rights violations in Nigeria were the dark spots of the month of August 2019 which…
Security Forces Arrest and Intimidate Protesters in Gross Violation of Freedom of Assembly Rights
Nigeria’s security agents perpetrated a gross violation of the right to peaceful assembly on August 19, 2019, as they deployed in full force to…
July 2019 Extremely Repressive – 12 Demonstrators, One Journalist Killed, Many Others Detained
It was a tumultuous month for freedom of expression in West Africa as July 2019 recorded several violations including the killing of 12 protesters…
Ivorian Authorities Deny Opposition Party Freedom of Assembly Rights
The authorities of the city of Sanguoine, located western region of Cote d’Ivoire, on August 5, 2019, denied supporters of the opposition Parti Democratique…
- Togo || Freedom Of Assembly ||
Minister Arbitrarily Bans Sit-in Protest
A sit-in demonstration planned by the civil society group Martin Luther King Movement (MMLK) in Togo has been banned by the country’s Minister for…
New Law Allows Gendarmes in Guinea to Shoot on Sight; Insulates them From Legal Consequences
Guinea’s Parliament on July 6, 2019, approved a law, which empowers gendarmes in the country to exercise discretion to decide if it is appropriate…