A Guinean opposition leader has been arrested and taken into custody for allegedly insulting the head of the military government in power since 2021.
Aliou Bah, who heads the Liberal Democratic Movement was arrested as he travelled to neighbouring Sierra Leone with two colleagues.
His lawyer Antoine Pepe Lamah described his client as a real prisoner of conscience, saying his only crime is criticism of the state in the face of the resurgence of kidnappings and forced disappearances.
Human rights groups also denounced his detention.
