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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1013 

Condemning the violent suppression of legitimate political dissent and gross 

human rights abuses in the Republic of Guinea. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2010 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the violent suppression of legitimate political 

dissent and gross human rights abuses in the Republic 

of Guinea. 

Whereas, on December 23, 2008, a military junta calling 

itself the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) seized power in the Republic of Guinea 

hours after the death of longtime President Lansana 

Conte ́, suspended the national legislature and the constitution, and committed to hold free and fair national 

elections as part of a ‘‘peaceful transition’’ to a civilianled government; 

Whereas delays in electoral preparations and statements by 

CNDD leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara that he 

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mitments that neither he nor any other member of the 

CNDD would run as a candidate in the elections, provoked increasing public discontent with the junta; 

Whereas, on September 28, 2009, tens of thousands of unarmed civilians gathered at a the national soccer stadium 

in Conakry to protest against the CNDD; 

Whereas security forces responded by surrounding the stadium and opening fire with live ammunition on the 

crowd, reportedly killing over 150 people and injuring 

over 1,000; 

Whereas prominent opposition leaders were then beaten and 

arrested by soldiers, demonstrators and opposition party 

members were detained without charge, and at least 60 

women were brutally raped, sexually molested, or killed 

by security forces, many of them in public and in full 

sight of their commanders; 

Whereas an investigation by Human Rights Watch indicates 

that ‘‘the [stadium] massacre and widespread rape were 

organized and premeditated’’ and that armed forces had 

attempted to ‘‘hide evidence of the crimes by seizing bodies from the stadium and the city’s morgues and burying 

them in mass graves’’; 

Whereas the security forces responsible for the violence on 

September 28, 2009, reportedly included troops from the 

Presidential Guard and gendarmes working with the 

State Secretariat for Special Services, both of which answer directly to the presidency; 

Whereas, on October 30, 2009, the United Nations Secretary-General announced the appointment of an international commission of inquiry to probe the violence of 

September 28, 2009; 


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Whereas the Economic Community of West African States 

(ECOWAS) has appointed President Blaise Compaore ́ of 

Burkina Faso to mediate between the CNDD, opposition 

parties, and civil society in an effort to break the current 

political impasse; 

Whereas the African Union, ECOWAS, the European Union, 

and the United States have imposed targeted sanctions, 

variously including travel restrictions, financial asset 

freezes, and an arms embargo, on CNDD members in response to the violent crackdown and perceived CNDD resistance to a democratic transition; 

Whereas while others were imposing sanctions against the 

CNDD, it was announced in October that the China 

International Fund, a Hong-Kong registered company 

with ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises and government agencies, has signed a $7,000,000,000 deal with 

the CNDD to develop Guinea’s vast mineral resources; 

Whereas the CNDD reportedly has imported millions of dollars worth of weapons since the September 28, 2009, 

crackdown and junta members reportedly are recruiting 

militias, adding a troubling and potentially explosive ethnic dimension to the crisis; 

Whereas targeted political killings reportedly have been carried out in Conakry since September 2009, opposition 

members continue to face the threat of arrest and violent 

assault, and the junta has banned all public protests; 

Whereas, on December 3, 2009, Captain Moussa Dadis 

Camara was shot in the head in an apparent assassination attempt by his aid-de-camp Lt. Aboubakar Diakite 

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ing analysts to warn of a potential counter-coup and a 

further deterioration of security in Guinea; 

Whereas a further deterioration of the political and security 

situation in Guinea could have catastrophic consequences 

not only for Guinea, but also for neighboring Liberia and 

Sierra Leone, both of which only recently emerged from 

deadly, protracted conflicts; 

Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has referred to 

the September 28, 2009, crackdown as ‘‘criminality of 

the greatest degree’’, and stated that Guinea’s military 

leaders must recognize ‘‘that they cannot remain in 

power, that they must turn back to the people the right 

to choose their own leaders’’; and 

Whereas, on January 6, 2010, interim junta leader General 

Sekouba Konate invited the opposition in Guinea to select 

a prime minister in advance of the formation of a transitional government and offered security guarantees to opposition leaders who had fled the country: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the violent suppression of legiti3 mate political dissent and gross human rights 

4 abuses, including mass murder and extreme sexual 

5 violence, perpetrated by forces under the command 

6 of the National Council for Democracy and Develop7 ment (CNDD) in Guinea and demands that the per8 petrators of these crimes be brought to justice; 


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1 (2) expresses grave concern about the further 

2 deterioration of security and rule of law in Guinea, 

3 particularly with regard to ongoing reports of— 

4 (A) harassment of opposition figures, 

5 members of civil society, and journalists; 

6 (B) rising ethnic tensions; 

7 (C) growing cleavages within the CNDD 

8 and the military which raise the potential of a 

9 violent counter-coup; 

10 (D) recruitment of militias and other irreg11 ular forces from within Guinea and neighboring 

12 countries; 

13 (E) importation of weapons despite an 

14 arms embargo on the region; and 

15 (F) uncertainty about the prospects for re16 storing civilian rule through free, fair, and 

17 transparent elections; 

18 (3) calls on China to cease its material support 

19 for the CNDD by publically announcing the can20 cellation of China International Fund’s 

21 $7,000,000,000 minerals and infrastructure deal in 

22 Guinea; 

23 (4) urges all Member States of the United Na24 tions to join the United States, the European Union 

25 (EU), the African Union (AU), and the Economic 


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1 Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to im2 pose sanctions against the regime until constitu3 tional order and rule of law has been restored in 

4 Guinea; 

5 (5) supports the efforts of the ECOWAS and 

6 the AU to find a resolution to the current political 

7 crisis in Guinea; 

8 (6) urges the leaders of the CNDD to uphold 

9 their pledges to form an inclusive transitional gov10 ernment, refrain from standing as candidates in the 

11 upcoming national elections, and to facilitate the 

12 conduct of free, fair, and transparent elections that 

13 meet international standards and reflect the will of 

14 the Guinean people; and 

15 (7) expresses solidarity with the people of Guin16 ea during this time of extreme uncertainty and ex17 presses deep regret for the victims of the September 

18 28, 2009, crackdown and subsequent political im19 passe. 

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