The leaders of Guinea’s last Sunday’s coup d’etat have set free at least 80 prisoners.
Among those freed are opponents of deposed President Alpha Condé, African Entertainment understands.
The liberation of the prisoners comes ahead of ECOWAS virtual summit on the political situations in Guinea and Mali.
President Condé was ousted by special forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya.
Mr Condé, aged 83, has been accused of corruption and mismanagement as well as human rights abuses.
One of the prisoners freed, according to local media reports monitored by African Entertainment, is Ismaël Condé, a member of the opposition UFDG party.
Ismaël Condé is quoted as saying “It’s a feeling you can’t explain, to be deprived of your freedom for 12 months for such trivial things and to be released under these conditions, you can’t explain.”
Dr Mamady Onivogui, a democracy and human rights activist, was also freed by the coup leaders.
“I hope that the junta will do something so that Guineans can get along, so that Guineans can move forward, because we are more than 60 years into our independence and it’s dragging on,” says Onivogui.
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