10.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Guinea police fire tear gas to disperse angry protests"

Conakry: Police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters angry at the government's handling of overdue parliamentary elections; elections should have been held within 6 months of President Alpha Conde's inauguration in December 2010 [ID 216642]

30.03.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland) 

"Rapport de mission en République de Guinée; 29 octobre - 19 novembre 2011"

Report on fact-finding mission on the general situation (information on ethnic situation, victims of violence on 28 September 2009, situation of political opposition, syndicates, armed forces, conditions of detention, religions, forced marriages, female genital mutilation (FGM), situation of homosexuals, judicial documents, health system) [ID 216218]

12.03.2012 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation 

"Anfragebeantwortung zu Guinea: Strafbarkeit weiblicher Homosexualität [a-7916-1]"

Query response on Guinea: Criminalization of female homosexuality [ID 212122]

12.03.2012 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation 

"Anfragebeantwortung zu Guinea: Sicherung des Lebensunterhalts von alleinstehenden Frauen (Projekte seitens der Regierung und NGOs) [a-7916-2 (7917)]"

Query response on Guinea: Securing the livelihood of single women (projects from the government and NGOs) [ID 212126]

12.03.2012 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation 

"Anfragebeantwortung zu Guinea: Zwangsehen und Gewalt gegen Frauen [a-7916-3 (7918)]"

Query response on Guinea: Forced marriages and violence against women [ID 212128]

03.2012 - Source:Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) 

"Todesstrafe in ausgewählten Ländern"

Report on the death penalty in selected countries [ID 214627]

14.02.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"GUINEA: Charging of top army official makes waves"

A court decided to charge top army official Moussa Tiégboro Camara for alleged involvement in crimes against civilians; Tiégboro is one of 3 people named in an international inquiry commission report as probably responsible for a crackdown by security forces in 2009 in which hundreds of people were killed, raped or injured [ID 210339]

10.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"UN welcomes charges against army colonel over mass rapes in Guinea" , Author: UN News Service

A court has filed charges against an army colonel accused of being responsible for mass rapes that occurred during a pro-democracy protest in Conakry in 2009 [ID 210119]

09.02.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Guinea: Progress in Massacre Probe"

Investigative judges decided to charge high-level military official Moussa Tiégboro Camara for alleged involvement in human rights violations during a 2009 crackdown on protesters by security forces [ID 210352]

03.02.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Stellungnahme vom 3.2.2012 an das Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf - 13 K 1217/11.A -"

Expert opinion on legal provisions concerning homosexuality/homosexual conduct; societal attitudes toward homosexuality [ID 212619]

30.01.2012 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Whether a person born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a Guinean father can obtain Guinean nationality; if so, the process for applying for Guinean nationality [GIN103978.FE]"

Query response on persons born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a Guinean father who want to obtain Guinean nationality [ID 211885]

22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"World Report 2012"

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208808]

17.01.2012 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Guinea [A/HRC/19/49]"

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Guinea (political developments affecting human rights; right to peaceful assembly; arbitrary detention; prison conditions; economic, social and cultural rights; impunity; role of civil society organisation; etc.) [ID 210335]

17.01.2012 - Source:UN General Assembly 

"Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Guinea [A/HRC/19/49]"

Report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights situation (political developments; right to peaceful assembly; arbitrary arrests and prison conditions; economic, cultural and social rights; impunity) [ID 216652]

13.01.2012 - Source:UN General Assembly 

"Conflict-related sexual violence : report of the Secretary-General [A/66/657–S/2012/33]"

Report of the UN Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence [ID 210479]

01.2012 - Source:Brookings Institution

"Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot"

Report on internal displacement in West African countries (general information; root causes; laws and policies; protection) [ID 209927]

2012 - Source:Freedom House 

"Insult Laws: Insulting to Press Freedom; A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2010" , Author: World Press Freedom Committee; Freedom House

Joint report by the World Press Freedom Committee and Freedom House on the evolution of insult laws in 2010 [ID 214039]

22.12.2011 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation 

"a-7846 (ACC-GUI-7846)"

Violence and discrimination against the ethnic group Peul after the elections in 2010 and state protection [ID 209412]

21.12.2011 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Guinea: Intensify Attention to Human Rights Challenges"

Rule of law problems, including impunity by the security services for past and ongoing abuses, the denial of the right to assembly, inadequate support for the judiciary, and delays in organising parliamentary elections sustained decades of abuse [ID 207513]

06.12.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Avoiding ethnically-driven elections"

Article on ethnic tensions in the run-up to parliamentary elections likely to be held early in 2012 [ID 206842]

11.11.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Free childbirth unsustainable, say critics"

Mortality rates have dropped significantly over the past 2 decades, but efforts to reduce maternal mortality are stalling due to poor planning and lack of resources, critics say [ID 205541]

11.11.2011 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Guinea: Investigate Detention, Intimidation of Activists"

5 staff members of the human rights group Les Memes Droits Pour Tous (Same Rights For All, MDT) detained and subjected to hours of interrogation by police [ID 205621]

10.11.2011 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Placement en garde à vue et libération de cinq membres de l'organisation "Mêmes droits pour tous" [GIN 001 / 1111 / OBS 123]"

5 members of the organisation "Mêmes droits pour tous" (Equal Rights For All - MDT), specialised in defending prisoner rights, were arrested by the police and subsequently released [ID 205645]

10.10.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Worst forms of child labour still widespread"

Child labour persists despite it being banned by law; according to a report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) under 14-year-olds continue to be sent to work; some in “slave-like” conditions [ID 203290]

04.10.2011 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"L’obsession de la crise" , Author: SlateAfrique

Article on the political situation following presidential elections held in December 2010 [ID 204493]