Guinea: 70 People Killed Ahead Of 2020 Presidential Polls – Report - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 13, 2019
A Human Rights Organisation, Amnesty International has saidthat about seventy people have been killed in Guinea, in protests ahead of the2020 presidential election.
The organisation  in a statement, said the deathsoccurred since 2015, during various demonstrations against President AlphaConde’s plans to amend the Constitution to run for a third term.
According to Amnesty, more than one hundred protesters diedin custody within the same period.
The Organisation’s West and Central Africa DirectorMarie-Evelyne Barry said leaders of pro-democracy movements and scores ofprotestors were also arrested.
The West African nation is witnessing mounting human rightsviolations, including the killing of protesters, bans on peaceful assembliesand attacks on dissenting voices as well as journalists.