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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wilson McMakin

Guinea's former dictator pardoned over the 2009 stadium massacre

Guinea Pardon - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Guinea's ruling junta has pardoned the country's former dictator, Moussa “Dadis” Camara, who was serving a 20-prison sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre by the military, according to a decree read on state television.

Camara was sentenced in July 2024 after he was found guilty of crimes against humanity in the deaths of at least 157 people at the stadium. Dozens of women were also raped.

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