Massacre in Guinea Conakry, 2007
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Sep 16 07
Witnessed: 11454 times
Regions: Guinea
Issues: Mass killings
Tags: democracy, Guinea-Conakry, martial law, massacre
This clip shows the Guinean Army firing indiscriminately on a crowd of civilians who were demonstrating their growing discontent with the increasingly autocratic ways of President Lansana Conté.
It was originally posted on YouTube by user liberteeguinee here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmkGQG1K6qM
liberteguinee says: "La police et l'armée bissau-guinéenne ont massacré les manifestants pacifiques hostiles au régime du président Lansana Conté. Une vingtaine de morts ont été enregistrés durant la seule journée de lundi 12 février et plus de 100 depuis le début des manifestations sous l'égide des syndicats et de la société civile."
My translation: "The Guinea-Bissau [sic] police and army have massacred people protesting peacefully against the regime of President Lansana Conte. Around 20 deaths have been recorded on 12 February 2007 alone, and hundreds of deaths since the protests began under the aegis of the unions and civil society."
Read IRIN's overview here: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=64535
And Gavin Simpson's blog post here:
http://hub.witness.org/en/node/7707
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