Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya to advance accountability for the September 28, 2009, massacre and “lay the groundwork for credible and fair justice” regarding other rights abuses in the country.

This follows the death in custody of Claude Pivi, a former minister for presidential security, on January 6, 2026. Pivi was one of several officials convicted in a landmark trial for the killings and rapes committed during the 2009 atrocities.

In July 2024, a Guinean court delivered a historic verdict for the stadium massacre, in which security forces killed 150 people and raped scores of women in Conakry. The court convicted former leader Moussa Dadis Camara and seven others of crimes against humanity, with sentences ranging from 10 years to life.

In a statement, HRW said that after Pivi’s death and President Doumbouya’s March 2025 pardon of Dadis Camara, only five of the men convicted for their roles in the massacre remain in custody today.