The Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals, met this Monday, July 18, 2022, the Association of Victims, Parents and Friends of September 28 (AVIPA) and human rights defenders in Guinea. This interview between Alphonse Charles Wright on the one hand, and on the other Asmaou Diallo, president of AVIPA, and Me Alpha Amadou DS Bah, coordinator of the collective of AVIPA lawyers, is part of the dynamics of the he announcement of the upcoming trial of this dark page in the history of Guinea, learned on the spot Guineematin.com through one of its reporters.
A few days after the announcement of the forthcoming holding of this trial so demanded by the parents of the victims, Alphonse Charles Wright contacted the civil parties in this case.
At the end of the exchanges between the parties, Asmaou Diallo, president of AVIPA, expressed her satisfaction with the commitment of the government and the Minister of Justice for the holding of the trial. “We met the Minister of Justice today. It was about talking about the September 28 massacre trial that was recently announced. We were very happy to hear that. We had come to meet the minister, to discuss with him this issue related to the announced September 28 trial, in order to have much clearer information. And we are very excited, very comfortable and we are really ready to go with them to make this trial happen. We spoke to him about the victims and he reassured us that this trial will take place and we are very satisfied with his response. We are ready to go to this trial, ”she hinted.
For his part, Me Alpha Amadou DS Bah, vice-president of the Guinean Organization for the Defense of Human and Citizens’ Rights (OGDH) and coordinator of the group of lawyers for the victims of the September 28 massacre, said optimistic about the upcoming trial.
Me Amadou DS Bah, member of the OGDH and coordinator of the group of lawyers for the victims of the September 28 massacre
“We come out of our meeting with the Minister of Justice Keeper of the Seals with joy and enthusiasm since we are certain that the trial of September 28 will indeed take place in the month indicated and you can be reassured because the Minister of Justice , Keeper of the Seals, and the president of the transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, will keep their commitments in any case according to the comments made by the Keeper of the Seals. We believe that this time the trial will take place. This is important for our country since the fight against impunity was one of the CNRD’s commitments when it took power on September 5th. I think that this will be able to materialize with the effective start of this trial. We have made all our requests and the Minister has reassured us that all the accused will appear, all the practical arrangements will be made for this trial to be held in a practical way. We intend to accompany him in the accomplishment of his mission concerning this long-awaited trial. So we trust the government and the Minister of Justice. He has the ability to organize this trial since we saw him when he was Attorney General at the Conakry Court of Appeal. All the commitments he had made during his time at the general prosecutor’s office, he respected them. So today, we are optimistic and we are obviously preparing, because it is a historic trial that will restore the image of justice in our country, ”said the lawyer.
As a reminder, on September 28, 2009, at the Dixinn stadium, a demonstration by the social forces against the then military junta, led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, was bloodily repressed. According to international organizations, some 157 people had been massacred, 108 women raped in broad daylight and more than a thousand people are missing.
Mamadou Laafa Sow for Guinea.com
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