Guinea. The former leader of Mouss Dadis Camara was pardoned at the stadium in 2009 was pardoned

The former leader of the military junta in Guinea Moussa Dadis Camara was pardoned. Military, convicted of a crime against humanity, was to spend 20 years in prison, but he was released after 8 months. Camara was found guilty of a massacre at the stadium in 2009, in which hundreds of people were killed or raped.

The ruling Junta Gwinea pardoned the convicted Dadis Camara prison on Monday. He spent less than 8 months in prison. As a reason for the release of the general, his alleged health problems were pointed out, but it was not reported to what a military was to suffer from.

Massacre in Konakry

Camara was a little -known army captain when he took power in Guinea in 2008, after the death of President Lansana Conty and a coup. During the rule of Camary, one of the largest massacres on civilians in the history of the country occurred. On September 28, 2009, a group of about 50,000 protesters gathered at the Sports Stadium in Konakry, the capital of the country to express their opposition to the possible start of Camary in the presidential election and show a desire to return to civil rule. The army opened fire to them.

In addition to firearms, soldiers also used knives and other types of weapons. As he estimates UNas a result of the attack, at least 156 people lost their lives, Human Rights Watch (HRW) speaks of 150-200 the dead. The exact number remains unknown to this day. Estimates about the wounded are also uncertain – according to HRW, over 1,400 Guineans were injured. During the massacre there was also a wave of sexual violence on the part of soldiers, according to human rights defenders at least 109 women and girls were raped.

A few days before the pardon of Camara, it was announced that the victims of that massacre would receive compensation from the former leader of Junta and other convicts in this matter. According to the estimates cited by the BBC, the amount of compensation, depending on the harm suffered, is to be equivalent to PLN 93 to 667 thousand.

A crime against humanity

According to HRW, “murders, rape and other abuse committed by security forces on September 28, 2009 and later achieved the level of crime against humanity.” This allegation was also heard by Moussa Dadis Camara last year. The military denied the responsibility for the massacre, blaming the soldiers behind her. He escaped from the country shortly after the attack, but returned to him in 2022 to stand in court. He was convicted after 22 months of the trial.

In 2010, Deputy Camary organized the presidential election, which took Alpha Condé to power. He held the office until September 2021, when the army took power in the next coup in Guinea.