Algassimou Diallo’s lawyers challenge proceedings in Conakry
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Visionguinee
Lawyers for former Guinean magistrate Algassimou Diallo are challenging the validity of the proceedings and the legality of his detention in a statement issued in Conakry on 19 October 2026. They are calling, among other things, for an expert examination of the recording at the centre of the case and changes to the court’s composition before hearings resume, according to their statement.
Lawyers for Algassimou Diallo, a former Guinean magistrate facing trial before the Supreme Court, say his arrest and detention came before legal authorisation for prosecution. In a statement issued in Conakry on Monday 19 October, they challenged the validity of the proceedings and called for changes to the court’s composition before hearings resume, Visionguinee reports.
The defence says Algassimou Diallo was dismissed on 20 August 2026, the day he was notified of a disciplinary complaint by the Minister of Justice. He was placed in police custody on 21 August and held at the Gendarmerie’s Central Directorate of Judicial Investigations until 27 August. Yet the Supreme Court Bureau did not authorise prosecution until 26 August, while Article 157 of the Constitution requires prior authorisation, his lawyers argue.
The lawyers also denounce the use of the gendarmerie, saying it disregarded the jurisdictional privilege granted to Supreme Court magistrates under Article 755 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. They also reject the prosecution’s description of their withdrawal from hearings as a “free choice”, saying it amounts to an acknowledgement that the proceedings are irregular.
The challenge comes after the lawyers suspended their participation on 15 October and the Supreme Court adjourned the trial sine die on 16 October. The prosecution defended the regularity of the proceedings on 18 October. Algassimou Diallo’s defence suspends hearing at Guinea’s Supreme Court; Guinean prosecution defends proceedings against Algassimou Diallo.
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