And while the regime's own human rights record is poor it has gained public support by pressing ahead with the trial of individuals including Moussa Dadis Camara head of the then military junta accused of the 28 September 2009 stadium massacre of opposition supporters (AC Vol 63 No 21 A dozen in the dock)...
The junta's standing is also helped by the ongoing trial against those accused of the Stadium Massacre in which 157 pro-democracy protesters were shot dead and more than 100 women raped by soldiers of ex-President Moussa Dadis Camara on 28 September 2009 (AC Vol 63 No 21 A dozen in the dock)...
The third person in the trio is Captain Moussa Dadis Camara who led the junta that took power in December 2008 after the death of long-reigning autocrat Lansana Conté...
He was one the coup planners and was a deputy chief-of-staff under the turbulent putchist Moussa Dadis Camara...
And the Bataillon autonome des troupes aéroportés commando force which was at the heart of the 2008 coup by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is calm...
The leader of Guinea's last military coup Captain Moussa Dadis Camara announced just such a review soon after seizing power in 2008...
These included a 2009 massacre of over 100 opposition supporters at a rally protesting against former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara's plan to stand in 2010 presidential elections abuses for which Camara and others have been indicted but still not tried...
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A former agriculture minister in the short-lived junta of ex-captain Moussa Dadis Camara Sano resigned after the 28 September 2009 stadium massacre (AC Vol 51 No 2 Democratic moves after the exit of Dadis)...
Kourouma has a solid following in the city of N'zérékoré and is a friend of former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara who continues to command significant support in the same region...
He has also reeled in another fish from the sea of former enemies Tibou Camara an ex-journalist President Conté's Information Minister and a former collaborator of the ex-junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara...
As Defence Minister in Moussa Dadis Camara's military government and his number two Konaté will be expected to give evidence at the International Criminal Court in the Hague should it hear charges concerning the September 2009 Conakry stadium massacre that killed 157 people (AC Vol 50 No 20 Gunning down democracy)...
