Ex-Guinea military ruler goes on trial for 2009 stadium massacre - Today marks the 13th anniversary of the stadium massacre

Hello InformationWar platform! It's a time to share news about crimes against humanity committed in Guinea 13 years ago by the then military ruler of the West African nation. Welcome to Guinea Conakry.

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It's very obvious that the case on crimes against humanity committed by the Ex-Guinea military ruler has over stretched for a 13 year period, but my joy is that justice is about taking place in the West African country.

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The case in question is about a stadium massacre of about 157 Guineans who went for a peaceful protests against a corrupt and violent political regime ruled by Ex-military ruler Moussa “Dadis” Camara.

During the rally on the September 28, 2009 in a stadium in Conakry, the military suddenly barricaded the entrance and the exit points of the stadium and starting shooting sporadically killing about 157 people and raping and committing others sexual assaults on women.

One of the most incredible aspect of this incident is the use of electricity on the barbwire to avoid any escape and immediately the military government tried to conceal the massacre from the public and the international community. Although the trial resurfaced in 2016, nothing tangible was achieved, but investigations was going on by an international investigation team.

The West African nation of Guinea will finally put on trial the alleged perpetrators of a massacre in 2009 which saw at least 157 people killed and more than 100 women raped, the justice minister has announced.
Justice minister Charles Alphonse Wright said on Friday that he hoped the trial – set to begin on the day of the 13th anniversary of the September 28 massacre – “will revisit our history, our past, that we all emerge from this trial with a new vision of our Guinea”.Source

Today actually marks the 13th anniversary of the stadium massacre and today the Justice ministry have decided to revisit the trial of Ex-military ruler in order to rewrite the history of Guinea Conakry and put an end to the over stretched trial and bring justice to the dead and give peace back to the families that lost their loved one's 13 years ago.

This simply means that the rights of citizens in Africa is finally becoming meaningful to the government. This will also make the Guinea citizenry to believe in the justice system of the West African nation.

The Ex-Guinea military ruler isn't alone in this trial, it's reported that more than a dozen of people have been linked to the 2009 stadium massacre and all are facing trial this time around.

It should be noted that after the stadium massacre and an attempted assassination of Camara, he fled to Burkina Faso and later returned last year with an intention to face trials, but later returned to Burkina Faso.

At least 157 people were murdered and 109 women raped during the stadium massacre, according to a United Nations international commission of inquiry. The victims’ testimonies were harrowing, with the UN inquiry concluding that the massacre was a “premeditated act” by the military government.Source

If this evidences are true, then he should be facing a death or life imprisonment sentence. With the help of the United Nations and other powerful nations, the former military ruler of Guinea will be given the right judgement he deserves.

International investigators found the abuses could qualify as crimes against humanity, noting the brutality went on for several days against sequestered women and male detainees who were tortured.
Human rights defenders and the International Criminal Court have also been pushing for justice.
“The objective is to ensure that the perpetrators are punished and victims are accorded their rights,” Alpha Amadou Bah, a lawyer who has taken the case to the ICC on behalf of a victim, told Al Jazeera.Source

I join the ICC lawyers and other investigators across the world to say that justice should be granted to the victims of the massacre.

I'll conclude by saying that this move is in the right direction and will restore the people's trust on the Guinea justice system and prove to other African countries that justice can be given irrespective of the person's personality in the society.

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