Guinea lawyers end strike
2010-03-19 17:01
Conakry - Guinea's lawyers have ended a week-long strike called to protest against official interference in their work and the political spin given to drug trafficking cases, a representative said on Friday.
"We have ended our strike," Kemoko Malick Diakite, the secretary general of the Bar Association, said. "We have gone back because we have met Prime Minister Jean-Marie Dore at his request. He asked us to resume work.
"Out satisfaction is total because the (strike) movement was followed not just in Conakry, but throughout the country," said Raja Rafi, a member of the group of lawyers defending the suspected drugs traffickers.
The Bar Association called the strike on March 11 to protest at "executive interference in judicial affairs and the politicisation of cases of suspected drug traffickers".
More than 50 people, including senior police officials, army officers and non-commissioned officers, as well as civilians, have been facing trial in the west African country for almost a year for their alleged role in drug trafficking.
- SAPA