ICC prosecutor assesses investigation of 2009 massacre in Guinea
Xinhua, July 3, 2015 Adjust font size:
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Madam Fatou Bensouda arrived in Conakry on Thursday evening to assess the progress of investigations in the Sept. 28, 2009 massacre in the country, an official source told Xinhua.
Bensouda is expected to meet with judicial authorities who had appointed investigators to shed more light on the case where the military opened fire and killed 157 people who were protesting at the September 28 Stadium against the military junta led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.
In the last few weeks, some army officers were arrested, among them Gen. Mamadouba Toto Camara who was the security minister at the time of the massacre.
NGOs involved in the defense of human rights welcomed the direction the case had taken, especially after the arrests of the military officers.
The visit to Guinea by the ICC prosecutor comes after Dadis Camara announced he will be contesting in the Oct. 11, 2015 presidential elections on the ticket of the Patriotic Forces for Democracy and Development.
In this regard, he is expected to return to the country soon from Burkina Faso where he has been living since 2010.
Camara plans to seal an electoral alliance with Guinea's main opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo of the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea. Endi