The crowd looted her house and loaded her possessions into a military van. Then they took her and her children to a police station where she was raped by four uniformed soldiers. You're all rebels. Such abuses are widespread in Guinea. The victims include both genuine opponents of the government and the refugees from neighbouring Sierra Leone and Guinea who have been made scapegoats.
Guinean soldiers can commit abuses with complete impunity because the government takes no action.
There can be no excuse for torture. As has been recognized in binding international treaties such as the United Nations Convention against Torture, every government has an absolute and unconditional responsibility to prevent torture by its police and security forces, to bring both government agents and private individuals to justice for torture, and to provide safe havens for people fleeing torture in other countries. There can be no excuse for torture. As has been recognized in binding international treaties such as the United Nations Convention against Torture, every government has an absolute and unconditional responsibility to prevent torture by its police and security forces, to bring both government agents and private individuals to justice for torture, and to provide safe havens for people fleeing torture in other countries. Write a short letter to the government of Guinea.