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class="node-body"><div id="feature"> <strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player</strong> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20111008173339js_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/modules/swfobject_api/swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject('/sites/default/files/features/photo_essays/guinea-nation-crossroads.swf', 'ammap', '630', '570', '9', '#6d6863'); $(document).ready(function () { so.write("feature");}); </script></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-collection-teaser"> <div class="field-label">Introduction: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Human Rights Watch calls on the Guinean government to bring to justice those responsible for massacres in 2007 and 2009, establish a truth commission to uncover the causes of Guinea’s violent past and an anti-corruption commission to end the misuse of its wealth. President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse in Guinea. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-news-for-photoessay"> <div class="field-label">News Release: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/05/24/guinea-nation-crossroads">Guinea: A Nation at the Crossroads </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reports-for-photoessay"> <div class="field-label">Report: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/05/24/we-have-lived-darkness-0">“We Have Lived in Darkness”</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="social_mm"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008173339/http://www.twitter.com/hrw"><img align="left" src="/web/20111008173339im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/twtr.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008173339/http://www.facebook.com/humanrightswatch"><img align="left" src="/web/20111008173339im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/fb.gif"></a> <a href="#"><img align="left" src="/web/20111008173339im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/rssmm.gif"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008173339/http://www.youtube.com/humanrightswatch"><img align="left" src="/web/20111008173339im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/yt.gif"></a> <br><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008173339/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20111008173339/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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