Similarly, Guinean officials interviewed by Human Rights Watch also denied that such abuses had taken place. Civilians and soldiers, let's defend our country together. Crush the invaders. Guinean authorities have reported three cross-border incursions into Guinea over the past week, the most serious occurring in the Guinean border town of Massadou where 47 people were killed after an incursion from Liberia on September 1. The attacks have resulted in rising hostility against Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees in camps along the two borders.
Guinea hosts one of the largest refugee populations in Africa.
In the past, Guinea has been praised by the international community for its generous policies of sheltering refugees. In recent months, however, Guinea has intermittently closed its border with Sierra Leone, in violation of its international commitments. Nevertheless, Human Rights Watch has documented that significant numbers of refugees remain in detention and that the rapes, attacks and harassment have not ended. One of the soldiers pushed her hard and she fell on the TV, another soldier grabbed her baby from her back. The first soldier pushed her down and raped her.