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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Saliou Samb

Guinea 2009 stadium massacre victims hope for justice as trial starts

Eleven men accused of responsibility for the 2009 massacre and mass rape of pro-democracy protesters by forces linked to a former military junta sit during their trial in Conakry, Guinea September 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Souleymane Camara

The trial begins on Wednesday of eleven men accused of responsibility for a 2009 stadium massacre and mass rape by Guinean security forces that survivors and family members hope will bring them justice after 13 years.

Eleven men, including former president and military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, have been indicted and will face trial for responsibility in the massacre of over 150 people and the rape of at least a dozen women in Guinea's capital, Conakry.

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