Petition Tag - violences

Since Guinea gained its independence from France, in 1958, the country has since been led by ruthless and incompetent regimes, caracterised by dictatorships. The 1st President, Sékou Touré, came to power in 1958 and died while in power in 1984.

General Lansana Conté took over after a coup and reigned until when he died in December 2008. Few hours after Conté's death, a junta, led by Colonel Moussa Dadis Camara seized power and formed a Government of Transition. The junta promised to organise, in six (6) months, free and fair elections in which the junta and the members of the Government of Transition will be not take part.

As the junta leader started breaking his promise not to take part in the elections, the political parties and the civil society organised, on 28th September 2009, a meeting in Conakry, at the Stadium of 28th September. Several thousands of people attended the meeting.

While the people were in the stadium, the army barged in and fired on the civilians, killing over 150 people and injuring thousands more. Several women were tortured, publicly rapped and also abducted for the same purpose. This was denounced by the whole international community and the crimes were considered as crimes against humanity.

This situation created a crisis. Early December 2009, the leader of the junta survived from an attempt on his life. In January 2010, the Agreement between the junta, the Civil Society and the Political Parties was signed in Ouagadougou, under the mediation of Blaise Compaoré, president of Burkina Faso. Under the Agreement, free and fair presidential elections in which the junta and the members of the new Government of Transition must not take part must be organised in six (6) months.

The first round of the Presidential Elections took place on 27th June 2010 and after over four months of delay, the second round was held on 7th November 2010.

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Février 19, 2006

Le 26 novembre 2005, alors que son vol(IBERIA vol 6971) faisait escale à Madrid en provenance de Dakar, Magatte MBENGUE, journaliste Franco sénégalais a été sauvagement violenté par la police espagnole.

Son seul tort c'est d'être Noir et d'avoir demandé qu'on le traite avec respect et dignité. Malgré un passeport français et tous ses papiers en règle, il a subi des violences d'abord verbales ensuite physiques ayant entrainé une blessure à la main droite, et une incapacité de travail de deux semaines.

Et un traumatisme psychologique difficile à vivre. Humilié par un traitement raciste, un contrôle au faciès exercé par des agents dépositaires de la force publique, Magatte Mbengue a porté plainte à Paris et à Madrid.

Afin d'éviter que de telles dérives se reproduisent en toute impunité, nous vous demandons de signer cette pétition.

magattemblengue@glospot.com

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