Guinea: Conakry’s Groundbreaking Trial Threatened By Financial Issues

In Guinea, eight months after the start of a historic trial, some lawyers – for both the defence and the victims – have never been paid. On 29 May, they went on strike. They are demanding legal aid, which the government refuses to pay. According to the authorities, it is the very funding of the trial for the 2009 massacre in Conakry’s stadium that is in fact about to run out.

There are still dozens of victims to be heard, the appearance of witnesses has not yet taken place, nor have the closing…