This archive report was first published on 5 November 2021.
On November 4, 2021, Guinea's military junta, the National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), accused political parties and activists of disturbing public order and social peace in the West African country.
The junta, which seized power on September 5, 2021, after a 41-year-old former French legionnaire overthrew President Alpha Conde, claimed that these groups aim to undermine the peace and quiet of Guineans and damage the ongoing peaceful transition.
The statement, read on state television, came after a press conference called by deposed president Alpha Conde's party, which had asked the junta to release Conde, 83, who has been under house arrest since his overthrow.
Conde, who became Guinea's first democratically elected leader in 2010, had sparked mass protests last year when he changed the constitution to allow himself to seek a third term.
