Guinea: Draconian Forced Evictions

Expand Rubble of demolished homes in the Dar-Es-Salam neighborhood of Conakry, Guinea’s capital, on June 8, 2019. © 2019 Human Rights Watch. The Guinean government has razed thousands of homes in the country’s capital, Conakry, leaving families struggling to find adequate housing, Human Rights Watch said today. The government has provided no alternative accommodation or compensation to those displaced, in contravention of international human rights law. Between February and May 2019, more than 20,000 people were displaced after bulldozers and other heavy machinery demolished buildings and…

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