Guinea: A Stagnant Transition in Guinea

The increasing repression of Guinea’s military junta and shrinking space for dissent risk derailing the promised transition to civilian government while deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis.

Three members of the Guinean opposition–Oumar Sylla (also known as Foniké Menguè), Mamadou Billo Bah, and Mohammed Cissé–were arrested at Menguè’s home in Conakry on July 9, 2024 and taken to a detention facility on Kissa, an island off Conakry, where they were allegedly tortured. While Cissé was…