Guinea: the massacre of 28 September was "a crime against humanity"


The observation is now unanimous. The massacre last September 28 in Conakry by Guinean security forces is "a crime against humanity". The head of French diplomacy Bernard Kouchner said this on Monday, relying in particular on a report of the commission investigating the United Nations.

This presented a document of sixty pages Saturday to the Security Council of the United Nations. The newspaper Le Monde in reveals the key points in its edition dated Tuesday. According to the three rapporteurs who have heard about 700 witnesses the massacre of civilians and members of the opposition was premeditated. He even continued two days after the shooting stage of Conakry.

In total, 156 people were killed, although "the number of victims is probably higher. Any precise assessment is further complicated by the fact that the victims were summarily buried in mass graves. At least 109 young women and young girls have been victims of rape, sexual mutilation and sexual slavery, according to the commission's view that these killings "systematic" have been "organized".

Dadis still hospitalized

For the UN, the responsibility of the head of the junta Dadis Moussa Camara and his personal guard, the Red Berets, is clearly engaged in these acts of extreme violence. Ex-near Dadis, as his aide Toumba are also involved. The Committee therefore requested the referral to the International Criminal Court to try these different people.

Bernard Kouchner remained cautious on the follow-up to this request. "Self-referral, there was little. I think we have a specific investigation of the International Criminal Court "when" there is an investigation by the Secretary General of the UN. " "Is this enough or will not, legally I do not know," he said.