In a correspondence revealed, thirty-two Brussels parliamentarians reminded the top of European diplomacy that the alleged perpetrators of the 2009 bloodbath on the Conakry area nonetheless maintain positions of accountability.
On this letter of 8 April, MEPs are typically involved in regards to the present state of affairs in Guinea. They then emphasize within the letter that these answerable for this September 28 bloodbath – recognized by the UN Worldwide Fee of Inquiry – nonetheless occupy excessive positions within the civilian or navy hierarchy.
The co-signatories declare that the identical individuals actively participated within the opposition to opposition protests final yr.
On Wednesday, the top of European diplomacy answered them at size in regards to the political state of affairs in Guinea and a bit in regards to the September 28 bloodbath. Josep Borrell writes: “The European Union has at all times demanded that the perpetrators be tried, which sadly remains to be not the case”. He remembers that “5 people are topic to EU sanctions, particularly: journey bans on EU soil and freezing of their property.” He provides that “the renewal of those sanctions shall be examined in September.”
These 5 people, all males, together with Moussa Dadis Camara, ex-head of the junta, their names are identified and public. Two of them are nonetheless senior officers in Guinea.
Within the wake of this correspondence in Brussels, the Guinean authorities commented: “political will has by no means been missing,” the assertion mentioned. “Justice is shifting ahead on this case and usually informs about how the investigation is progressing pending a trial. The authorized course of follows its regular course ”.
Throughout the September 28, 2009 bloodbath, which is described as against the law in opposition to humanity, greater than 150 individuals had been killed and greater than 100 ladies had been raped.
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