Published on : 21/08/2022 – 22:46
On August 15, Michelle Bachelet sent a letter to the president of the Guinean transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya. She looks back on the events that have shaken the country in recent weeks.
It is a reminder of fundamental rights that Michelle Bachelet gives to the Guinean president. In the viewfinder of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the anti-junta demonstrations of July 28 and 29. Guinean security forces violently suppressed the gatherings, resulting in deaths and injuries. For Michelle Bachelet, “ such actions might constitute violations of human rights “. It encourages the government to open investigations so that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The UN official also returned to the numerous arrests of demonstrators as well as those of members of the political opposition and civil society. It calls for their release and respect for their fundamental rights.
Another point mentioned by Michelle Bachelet, the decision taken on August 9 to dissolve the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution at the initiative of the anti-junta demonstrations. ” Such a measure constitutes a serious violation of the freedom of association and of peaceful assembly. “, she explains. She asks the Guinean government to reconsider this decision, while calling on it to favor dialogue to ease political tensions.
