Unearthing the truth of Guinea 'bloodbath'
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A United Nations Commission of Inquiry is beginning an investigation into a mass killing in Guinea, described as a "bloodbath" by one UN official.
Guineans have made consistent and detailed allegations about how the security forces attacked the crowd in the stadium.
Soldiers - including members of the Presidential Guard - opened fire on unarmed civilians who were holding a rally calling on the military government to leave power.
Women told stories of being raped and beaten by soldiers.
"They hit me again and again. They tortured me. They took a piece of wood and then they tried to push it inside my vagina," said a woman who attended the rally with her younger sister.
"They were raping others around me, some with pieces of wood. One cousin of mine, they raped her with the muzzle of a rifle."
There were accounts of bodies being taken away by men in uniform and rumours of secret mass graves.
A government that is more than likely backed by our government, who also more than likely lent them the money to buy these weapons to kill their own people with.
If this wasn't the case then why havent our troops gone into this country to try and restore "democracy"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8376800.stm
Guineans have made consistent and detailed allegations about how the security forces attacked the crowd in the stadium.
Soldiers - including members of the Presidential Guard - opened fire on unarmed civilians who were holding a rally calling on the military government to leave power.
Women told stories of being raped and beaten by soldiers.
"They hit me again and again. They tortured me. They took a piece of wood and then they tried to push it inside my vagina," said a woman who attended the rally with her younger sister.
"They were raping others around me, some with pieces of wood. One cousin of mine, they raped her with the muzzle of a rifle."
There were accounts of bodies being taken away by men in uniform and rumours of secret mass graves.
A government that is more than likely backed by our government, who also more than likely lent them the money to buy these weapons to kill their own people with.
If this wasn't the case then why havent our troops gone into this country to try and restore "democracy"?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8376800.stm
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