Guinea - Reporter beaten up by ruling party activists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the severe beating that journalist Thierno Amadou Camara received from members of the ruling RPG Arc-en-ciel party in the eastern city of Siguiri on 5 October, six days before Sunday's presidential election. A reporter for the online daily Guinée Matin (guineematin.com), Thierno Amadou Camara had gone to Siguiri to cover the tension between rival ruling party factions and was interviewing the city's mayor when he was assaulted and repeatedly hit by (...)

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