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Matthias Raynal

Guinea - Correspondent

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Matthias Raynal

Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more than 150 people were massacred by the security forces at an opposition rally in Conakry stadium. Based in the Guinean capital since 2021, where he works in particular with RFI and TV5 Monde, Matthias Raynal devotes a large part of his work to this trial. Before coming to Guinea, he was a correspondent in Tunisia and Morocco.

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The verdict is in: Moussa Dadis Camara is sentenced to 20 years in prison, at the September 28 trial in Guinea. Photo: Dadis arrives in the courtroom on the day of his sentencing.
Guinea: Dadis Camara convicted, trial closes leaving questions
2 August 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
At the end of a lengthy final hearing, Guinea’s former president Moussa Dadis Camara and seven other senior officials were found guilty of the massacre of demonstrators at Conakry’s main stadium in 2009, qualified as a crime again [...]
Trial of the massacre at Conakry stadium (known as the In Guinea, time for defence arguments in massacre trial
25 June 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
In the Conakry stadium massacre trial, defendants’ lawyers have been taking the stand since May 27, 2024. Almost all the accused have already had their closing arguments. At the centre of attention in recent weeks has been former [...]
It's time for the closing arguments and indictments (life imprisonment) in the September 28 trial in Conakry, Guinea. Photo: ex-President Moussa Dadis Camara and his co-defendants have left their box, and are seated facing the court, close to the lawyers and magistrates. In Guinea, the prosecution asks for life sentences
28 May 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
On trial for the 2009 massacre in Conakry stadium, former junta leader and ex-president of Guinea, Moussa Dadis Camara, risks life in prison, as the prosecutor requested at the end of his closing arguments. Six other accused risk [...]
From left to right, Aboubacar Diakité, known as Guinea massacre trial enters the final stretch
19 April 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
The “confrontation” phase began on April 15 in Guinea’s important trial on the 2009 massacre in Conakry stadium. Defendants, victims and witnesses are taking the stand once again, but only on specific points. Dozens of people are [...]
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At the 28 September trial in Guinea, will the Conakry stadium massacre be requalified as a crime against humanity? Photo: A participant in the political meeting climbs over a barrier at the stadium (which was crowded) on 28 September 2009.
29 March 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
Guinea: was the stadium massacre a crime against humanity? The Conakry court has angered the defence by choosing to wait until the judgment to rule on whether the events should be reclassified as crimes against humanity. The defence has appealed, hoping to force the judges to rule now.
In Guinea, the collective of lawyers for the victims of September 28 are concerned about the desertion of witnesses in the face of threats to their safety.
12 February 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
Guinea: frightened witnesses desert the trial A new phase of the 28 September 2009 massacre trial starts this Monday, February 12, in Guinea with the appearance of a first witness – but in close session. Many fear for their safety, and many have withdrawn since the escape of [...]
Dr Hassane Bah (forensic pathologist) describes the horror of the massacre in Conakry in 2009, during the
29 January 2024 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
View from hospital and morgue during Guinea’s stadium massacre Morgues overflowing with corpses and hospitals submerged by the flood of wounded. This is the picture painted by two senior health officials at the time of the 2009 stadium massacre testifying in the major trial that has resumed i [...]
Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, is a witness in the 28 September trial in Guinea.
5 December 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
Guinea: Baffoé, one witness with two versions General Ansoumane Camara, known as Baffoé, was in charge of the police unit responsible for maintaining order during the Conakry stadium massacre. In court, he gave a detailed account of what he had seen and heard that day, but in [...]
Oumar Sanoh, a witness at the trial in Conakry (Guinea), is a former Chief of General Staff of the Guinean armed forces.
21 November 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
Guinea massacre trial: it’s time for the witnesses The absence of the accused Claude Pivi, on the run since his escape from prison on November 4, marked the resumption of hearings in the major trial on the Conakry stadium massacre in Guinea. Security of the trial and its participa [...]
In Guinea, defendants in the 28 September trial escape. Photo: Guinean security forces set up a roadblock in Kaloum, near Conakry, where the prisoners are being held during their trial.
13 November 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondant in Guinea)
Guinea stadium massacre: jailbreak undermines the trial On 4 November, an armed commando got four of the main defendants out of the central prison, including former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara. While he and two others returned to prison that evening, Claude Pivi is still on the ru [...]
Hearings resume in the 28 September trial in Conakry (Guinea). Photo: Magistrates enter the courtroom.
30 October 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
Conakry massacre trial resumes Since February, more than 100 victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre have been heard at the Dixinn criminal court in Conakry, Guinea. These hearings have been powerful, but have become repetitive, with the risk of dragging the [...]
Conakry massacre Trial in Guinea - Marcel Guilavogui (former bodyguard of the
17 July 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
At Guinea massacre trial, Dadis Camara is accused by his bodyguard Returning to the stand eight months after his first appearance, former presidential guard and suspect in the 2009 massacre trial Marcel Guilavogui blasted former head of state Moussa Dadis Camara, highlighting for the first time t [...]
Funding problems at the Conakry trial in Guinea (
30 May 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Guinea)
Conakry’s groundbreaking trial threatened by financial issues In Guinea, eight months after the start of a historic trial, some lawyers - for both the defence and the victims - have never been paid. On 29 May, they went on strike. They are demanding legal aid, which the government refuses to [...]
Trial of the September 28, 2009 massacre in Guinea - Arbitrary detentions, torture... Victims testify about what happened after.
19 May 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry (Guinea))
Conakry trial: torture and arbitrary detention in military camps At the September 28 massacre trial, it was the turn of victims of arbitrary detention and torture to speak out. One of them, Yagouba Barry, recounted on Tuesday May 16 how he was sequestered at the personal home of one of the defe [...]
Thierno Mamadou Diallo, witness to the 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea.
5 May 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry )
Guinea Stadium Trial: "There was this boy..." The appearance of civil parties began in February, but this week the pace of testimony and questioning accelerated. Six people were heard in the last two hearings. They have reinforced the identification of security service member [...]
Ben Youssouf Keïta testifies at the September 28 trial (Conakry, Guinea)
14 April 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry, Guinea)
In Guinea, Dadis opposition gives its version of stadium massacre This week, the testimony of Ben Youssouf Keïta struck a chord. He is the third opponent of Moussa Dadis Camara’s former regime to testify at the Conakry stadium massacre trial. Victim and eyewitness of the bloody repression of Sep [...]
Oury Baïlo Bah, the brother of a victim of the September 28 massacre, testifies at the trial in Guinea.
27 February 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry (Guinea))
Guinea: Victims have their say at the stadium massacre trial On February 14 at the Dixinn Criminal Court trying the stadium massacre in Guinea’s capital Conakry, the hearing of plaintiffs began. The first tragic accounts of victims, after five months of hearing the accused, are lending weig [...]
The accused Moussa Dadis Camara faces (from behind) the judges during the September 28 trial in Guinea (Conakry).
20 January 2023 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
Guinea massacre trial: the "Dadis Show" fails to happen The entire country was eagerly awaiting the appearance of its former head of state, the main defendant in the trial concerning the September 28, 2009 massacre at Conakry stadium in Guinea. But Moussa Dadis Camara finally delivered [...]
Moussa Dadis Camara exposes his version of events (for the Conkary stadium massacre in 2009) during the September 28 trial in Guinea.
16 December 2022 by Matthias Raynal (our correspondent in Conakry)
Dadis Camara before a Guinean court: "What forgiveness will I ask for?” This is the appearance that all Guineans have been waiting for. Will Moussa Dadis Camara, head of the junta at the time of the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre, acknowledge his responsibility after being implicated by some of his co- [...]
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