LGDH calls for investigation after Olof João Gomes Sambú lynching
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
The Human Rights League (LGDH) is calling on the Public Prosecutor's Office to urgently open a transparent investigation after the lynching of Olof João Gomes Sambú. The organisation condemns mob justice and is calling for the circumstances of the death to be established, according to O Democrata GB.
The Guinean League for Human Rights (LGDH), a human rights organisation in Guinea-Bissau, is calling on the Public Prosecutor's Office to urgently open a transparent, prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the death of Olof João Gomes Sambú, which occurred on 27 September 2026 following accusations linked to the alleged abduction of a child. The call was made in a statement by the LGDH seen by O Democrata.
The LGDH is also calling for the material and intellectual perpetrators of the acts to be identified and brought to justice. The organisation describes Sambú's death as a “criminal act” and is calling for those responsible to be prosecuted.
