Photo: In a cellphone photograph given to The New York Times, soldiers surrounded a woman on the ground on Sept. 28 in Conakry, Guinea. Several images appear to show attacks on women.
CONAKRY, Guinea — Cellphone snapshots, ugly and hard to refute, are circulating here and feeding rage: they show that women were the particular targets of the Guinean soldiers who suppressed a political demonstration at a stadium here last week, with victims and witnesses describing rapes, beatings and acts of intentional humiliation.
“I can’t sleep at night, after what I saw,” said one middle-aged woman from an established family here, who said she had been beaten and sexually molested. “And I am afraid. I saw lots of women raped, and lots of dead.”
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Amid the bloodbath, harrowing tales of rape — France 24
Horrific Mass Rapes in Muslim Guinea — Islam Online
Women allege rape during Guinea massacre — AFP
Guinean leader rejects French intervention call – AP
Guinean captain opposes int’l intervention in Guinea — China View
Guinea junta, opposition must talk after massacre: mediator — AFP
Mediator Sent To Guinea After Bloody Protest — NPR
African view: Guinea’s lingering military legacy — BBC
Crackdown In Conakry — Voice of America editorial
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