INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX 1211 GENEVA 19, SWITZERLAND |
GUINEA
CASE N° GUI/01 - MAMADOU BHOYE BA
Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council
Referring to the outline of the case the above-mentioned parliamentarians, opposition MPs of the National Assembly of Guinea, as contained in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/168/13(c)-R.1), and to the relevant resolution adopted at its 167th session (October 2000), Recalling that the MPs concerned were all arrested without their parliamentary immunity having been lifted, the executive authorities arguing that they were arrested in flagrante delicto, and were prosecuted and sentenced at the close of trials flawed by serious irregularities to prison terms ranging from two to five months, Recalling that a National Assembly resolution calling for suspension of the detention of Mr. Bhoye Ba, Mr. Ousmane Diallo and Mr. Mamadou Barry has not been respected, on account of procedural flaws according to the Prime Minister, Recalling that Mr. El-Hadj Amiata Mady Kaba, Ms. Koumafing Keïta, Mr. Mamady Yö Kouyate and Mr. Ibrahima Kalil Keïta stated that they had suffered ill-treatment while in detention and have complained, Recalling that the Committee's on-site mission to Conakry in January 2000 gathered information and documents heightening the concerns it had expressed about respect for parliamentary immunity and for the prerogatives of the National Assembly, about the characterisation of a crime or offence as flagrante delicto, and about respect for the right to peaceful assembly, fair trial and humane treatment in detention, Bearing in mind that the Republic of Guinea is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which guarantee the right to freedom of assembly, the right to freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention and from torture and ill-treatment, and the right to fair trial, Noting that no new developments have been reported by either the authorities or the sources,
* Deceased
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