According to a decree read on state TV late on Friday, Guinea’s Junta leader has pardoned former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara for “health reasons” after a court last year found him guilty of crimes against humanity in a 2009 stadium massacre.
Camara, who took power in a 2008 coup, was sentenced to a 20 years in prison on July 31, 2024 for his role in the slaughter of at least 157 people during a pro-democracy gathering in Conakry’s stadium.
On September 28, 2009, tens of thousands of people had gathered to press Camara not to stand in a presidential election the following year. Many were shot, stabbed, beaten or crushed in a stampede as security forces fired teargas and charged the stadium.
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During the trail, prosecutors disclosed at least dozen women were raped by security forces. Camara, 61, was convicted alongside seven other military commanders.
On Thursday the West African nation’s current military government annouced that it would pay compensation to victims that the court had ordered Camara and the other accused to cover. The compensation includes at least $18 million to the families of those killed or missing and $2 million to rape victims.
