Algassimou Diallo trial: penalties under Guinea’s Penal Code
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinee360
Former Guinean magistrate Algassimou Diallo is being prosecuted for incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence, discrimination and criminal association. The article examines the penalties set out in Articles 963, 313, 784 and 785 of the Guinean Penal Code in a case linked to alleged exchanges with Cellou Dalein Diallo.
Former Guinean magistrate Algassimou Diallo is being prosecuted before the Supreme Court for incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence, discrimination and criminal association. Articles 963, 313, 784 and 785 of the Guinean Penal Code are cited in the committal order, Guinee360 reports.
At the opening of the trial on 15 October 2026, his lawyers asked for the recusal of the three judges, the annulment of the committal order and their client’s release. The Supreme Court rejected the applications, after which the lawyers announced they were withdrawing from the proceedings. The trial was then adjourned sine die, according to the Supreme Court of Guinea.
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