Guinean justice delivers its verdict on activist Abdourahmane Sano
The national coordinator of the FNDC, Abdourahmane Sano, reads the declaration concerning the exclusion of the parties which chose to participate in the presidential election.
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Guinean justice delivers its verdict this Wednesday, January 11 in the trial of activist Abdourahmane Sano.
The former FNDC national coordinator appeared before the Mafanco Court of First Instance on Monday.
He is accused of “
criminal participation in public meetings
”.
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The prosecutor accuses Abdourahmane Sano of having attended an undeclared meeting in the suburbs of Conakry.
He requested an 18-month suspended prison sentence against the activist.
The Guinean Organization for Human Rights (OGDH) denounces a "
very worrying situation
" for freedoms since the CNRD junta came to power.
“
This summons by the former national coordinator
of the FNDC
, Abdourahmane Sano, calls into question the freedom of assembly which is nevertheless guaranteed by the transition charter as well as the international conventions to which the Republic of Guinea is a party.
The instrumentalization of justice was one of the reasons that was invoked when taking power on September 5
[2021], recalls Alseny Sall, communication officer of the OGDH.
Today, there are situations, all the same, which border even more on this same instrumentalization of justice when one is an activist for democracy, and that is very regrettable.
»
Ibrahima Diallo and Oumar Sylla awaiting trial
A situation which is added to the case of
Ibrahima Diallo
and Oumar Sylla, alias Foniké Menguè.
These two figures of the FNDC have been behind bars for five months for having called for demonstrations banned by the authorities.
They are still awaiting a judgment.
“
Ibrahima and Oumar are now in detention simply because they called for respect for the spirit of article 77 of the transition charter on the question of the duration of the transition.
Since August 2022, these people have been in detention.
The procedure has known many situations, back and forth
, explains Alseny Sall, communication officer for the OGDH.
The last information was that the file would still be at the level of the Supreme Court, it must be rescheduled to be judged.
Sometimes lawyers find it difficult even to situate themselves in relation to this procedure.
These people must be judged or released purely and simply, because for us, they are detainees of conscience.
»
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