Convicted Former Guinean Official Dies in Prison

By Human Rights Watch

Col. Claude Pivi, Guinea’s former minister for presidential security and one of the men convicted in a landmark trial for rapes and killings committed in Guinea in 2009, reportedly died in custody in a hospital on January 6, 2026, of natural causes. Click to expand Image Col. Claude Pivi, Guinea’s former minister for presidential security, at Martyrs Square of Conakry on October 2, 2009. © 2009 Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images On July 31, 2024, a Guinean court issued a verdict for the September 28, 2009 massacre, in which security forces attacked peaceful demonstrators…

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