Guinea junta pardons opposition leader Aliou Bah and 216 detainees on independence day

Guinea's military leader Mamadi Doumbouya pardoned opposition leader Aliou Bah and 216 other detainees on the country's independence day, according to a presidential decree. Bah, head of the Liberal Democratic Movement, had been imprisoned since December 2024 on charges of insult and defamation. The move may signal a tactical easing of repression, but the junta's broader crackdown on dissent continues.