Amnesty International denounces lack of investigation into activists’ abduction

Nobody has heard of Oumar Sylla, identified as Foniké Menguè, and Mamadou Billo Bah, for a entire yr. Nobody knows their whereabouts.

The 2 Guinean activists, participants of the now-dissolved National Front for the Defence of the Structure (FNDC), had been arrested on 9 July 2024 on the latter’s house in Conakry by armed men, sooner than allegedly being taken by particular forces to the Bathrooms archipelago.

There, they’ve reportedly endured torture and interrogations.

Amnesty International has now known as for “a prompt and transparent” investigation into the two activists’ disappearance.

The 2 activists’ destiny is emblematic of one of the significant up-to-date acceleration of compelled disappearances and abductions, with Amnesty International denouncing a “climate of terror” by the junta in energy in Guinea.

On 19 February 2025, the national coordinator of the Forum of Social Forces of Guinea (Forum des forces sociales de Guinée), Abdoul Sacko, used to be kidnapped and found the identical day, in step with his lawyers “in a critical state, tortured and abandoned by his abductors in the bush”.

One other case is felony professional Mohamed Traoré. The archaic President of the Guinean Bar Association has testified that he used to be “subjected to abuse” after being kidnapped from his house on the night of 20 to 21 June 2025 by armed men.

“It’s very, very difficult—very hard—for the families and loved ones of these individuals. We have had no communication from the Guinean state, let alone from the prosecutor who, during his only and single appearance, announced investigations into these disappearances. Since then, we’ve heard nothing,” said Souleymane Sow, director of the Guinean branch of Amnesty International.

Nonetheless because the radio silence from the authorities continues, the hope of discovering the whereabouts of the activists soon is apprehensive.

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