Guinea: release of union leader Sékou Jamal Pendessa, a demand from the strikers. The general secretary of the Union of Press Professionals had been detained for more than a month for calling for demonstrations against censorship.
His release was one of the demands of the unions which launched a general strike. Two people were killed in clashes between demonstrators and the police on the sidelines of this strike movement, which left two people dead and many injured on Monday. The president of the court, Fatou Bangoura, after deliberating, sentenced the trade unionist to three months in prison.