Guinea

NGO Calls on Guinea to Release Activist
A prominent human-rights leader is still behind bars in Guinea, almost two weeks after special service agents detained him.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the immediate release of Mouctar Diallo, a human-rights activist imprisoned in the Guinean capital Conakry.

Human Rights Watch West Africa Researcher, Corinne Dufka, says the ruling National Council for Democracy and Development wants to silence political opposition.

"We see no reason why he has been picked up. This is a well-respected individual. So it appears that this detention - we do not know if he has been arrested, we have not heard that he has actually been charged with anything - appears to really be a campaign of harassment against opposition voices," says Dufka.

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Aid Groups Mobilise to Help Wounded
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Aid agencies are mobilising funds and relief supplies to help more than 1 000 Guineans injured in 28 September violence, as well as to brace for further unrest as the country remains volatile, according to the United Nations.

Aid workers say UN agencies, donors and NGOs in the capital Conakry are providing meals for hospital patients, giving medical supplies to health centres and ordering in new supplies to ensure adequate emergency stocks.

According to a document on by the World Health Organisation on the situation in Guinea, "The situation is very volatile and it is feared that protests may continue with even more casualties in the next days or weeks."

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