The United Nations made a rare outing to protest the rape and murder of Aïcha Bah, an 8-year-old schoolgirl, in the suburbs of Conakry on November 14. The world organization calls on the government to “ a national surge » against sexual violence which is a scourge in Guinea, where not a week goes by without the press reporting a rape.
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“ Deep consternation “, “ heinous acts “, ” atrocities “… The qualifiers are missing from United Nations to express their indignation after the murder of Aïcha Bah, raped and killed last week. The remains of the eight-year-old student were found in the toilets of his school in Kagbelen, Conakry.
Aimé Ntumba Kakolo represents the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guinea: “ Aïcha’s case reminds us of another case last year, of Aisato Tambassa, a victim of rape and subsequently shot dead. And if we start to affect the school, which is a place that should be a very safe place, at some point, we will have to be alert because it risks bursting into flames. »
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Access to justice for victims remains marginal. According to the UN, most preventive detentions in Guinean prisons concern cases of rape.
Justice in slow motion
“ During the week, on average, we have three cases of sexual violence in greater Conakry, not counting the interior of the country,” according to Oumou Khairy Diallo who heads the Club of Young Girls Leaders of Guinea. “ And when we talk about access to justice, one in 10 cases of sexual violence are successful. You find the person who was convicted for certain cases of rape in the same neighborhood as his victim. In the few cases that are successful, people do not continue and do not serve their entire sentence. “, she exclaims.
According tothe Special Brigade for the Protection of Vulnerable People, a third of rape victims in 2021 were under 13 years old.
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