UN says Guinea opposition leaders tortured in custody
The Peninsula
Geneva: The United Nations said on Friday it was extremely worried about the fate of two Guinea opposition leaders reportedly tortured in custody, u...
Geneva: The United Nations said on Friday it was "extremely worried" about the fate of two Guinea opposition leaders reportedly tortured in custody, urging the ruling junta to release them.
Oumar Sylla, widely known as Fonike Mengue, and Mamadou Billo Bah -- two leaders of a citizens' collective calling for a return to civilian rule -- were arrested on July 9, according to their families and movement.
Slammed by their pro-democracy movement as a "kidnapping", their arrests have provoked a growing international outcry.
They are among a long list of opposition figures detained in the troubled West African country since the military seized power in September 2021.
The UN's human rights office said that the lack of information about their fate since they went missing raised "concerns about arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance".
