THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DENOUNCES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN GUINEA WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE CASE OF SÉKOU JAMAL PENDESSA, UNJUSTLY SENTENCED LAST FEBRUARY FOR HAVING REQUESTED THE LIBERATION OF THE MEDIA AND THE INTERNET.
In his 18-page biannual report recently presented in New York; UN headquarters, the Secretary General of the United Nations gave an overview of political and security developments in West Africa and the Sahel for the period from January 1 to June 30, 2024.
Addressing the human rights section on page 9 of the document where he speaks of the continuing erosion of civic and political space in the sub-region, Antonio GUTERRES specifically cited Sékou Jamal PENDESSA to illustrate the particularly liberticidal pace of the military junta led by General Mamadi Doumbouya. >, denounced the top official of the UN.
The number 1 of the international community who closely follows the noble fight of the union of press professionals of Guinea in favor of universally recognized values such as freedom of the press also returned to the circumstances of the release of General PENDESSA, although he was unjustly condemned. >, specifies Antonio GUTERRES in this official document of the United Nations whose French version reached the executive office of the SPPG this weekend.
The authoritarian regime in Conakry, which has clearly displayed its desire to kill the country’s independent media, thus finds itself in the dock at the highest level of the international scene.
This report, which covers the first half of the current year, also discusses the activities developed in the sub-region by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN, Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).
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