Guinea: Prominent Critic of Guinean Junta Abducted, Tortured

Impartial Investigation Needed into Abuses Against Mohamed Traoré

In Guinea early on Saturday morning, at least a half-dozen heavily armed men broke into the home of Mohamed Traoré, a prominent lawyer and former bar association president, assaulted him and his daughter, and then forced him into a car and drove away. Traoré had been publicly critical of the country’s military junta, which took power in September 2021.

After his abduction in the capital, Conakry, Traoré was found hours later…