The Absence of Inquiry into the Kidnapping of Activists is Condemned by Amnesty International

For a whole year, no one has heard of Mamadou Billo Bah and Oumar Sylla, also known as Foniké Menguè. No one is aware of their location. Armed men reportedly detained the two Guinean activists, who were part of the now-defunct National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), at their Conakry house on July 9, 2024, before special troops allegedly transported them to the Loos archipelago. They have allegedly been subjected to interrogations and torture there.

Now, Amnesty International has demanded “a prompt and transparent” probe into the disappearance of the two campaigners. The fate of the two activists is representative of the recent surge in kidnappings and enforced disappearances, with Amnesty International condemning a “climate of terror” by Guinea’s ruling junta.

Abdoul Sacko, the national coordinator of the Forum of Social Forces of Guinea (Forum des forces sociales de Guinée), was kidnapped on February 19, 2025, and is said to have been “in a critical state, tortured and abandoned by his abductors in the bush” by his attorneys.

Attorney Mohamed Traoré is another example. According to his testimony, the former president of the Guinean Bar Association was “subjected to abuse” after armed men kidnapped him from his residence on the evening of June 20–21, 2025.

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