(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Nairobi) - Guinea's domestic panel of judges investigating the country's 2009 stadium massacre and rapes has taken a significant step in charging a high-level suspect, who is expected to be questioned by the judges on July 4. Given the potential for interference with the investigation, the government should place the suspect on leave and take additional measures to protect judges, witnesses, and victims. The suspect, Lt. Col. Claude "Coplan Pivi, is Guinea's minister for presidential security, a position he also held at the time of the 2009 crimes. Media reports said that Pivi was charged with murder, rape, arson, looting, destruction of buildings,...
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