Camp Boiro
The Camp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro (1960-1984) was a prison for political prisoners in Guinea , located in the middle of Conakry . It was located inside the Presidential Guard barracks and was named after a police superintendent who was murdered in 1969 by two suspects who were suspected of being transferred from Labé to Conakry.
According to various sources, 5,000 to 15,000 people were interned in the camp under the rule of Ahmed Sékou Touré , all without trial. Torture by beatings and electric shocks were the order of the day, as was total deprivation of food and water ( diète noire ) to extract confessions.
Known prisoners
- Fodéba Keïta , writer
- Raymond-Maria Tchidimbo , Archbishop of Conakry
- Diallo Telli , politician
Web links
- Camp Boiro Memorial / Cinquante-quatre ans de crimes politiques impunis en Guinée / Fifty-four years of unpunished political crimes in Guinea. 1958-2012. Association of victims with numerous reports from survivors, archived from the original on August 12, 2016 (French).
- Amadou Diallo: La mort de Diallo Telli, 1 er secrétaire général de l'OUA. (pdf, 479 kB) Karthala, Paris, 1983, pp. 129-136 (French, excerpts).
- Benjamin Moscovici: Guinea - The cruel story of Camp Boiro. In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “One World”. July 6, 2019 (also mp3 audio , 9.2 MB, 10:05 minutes).
Coordinates: 9 ° 32 '14.8 " N , 13 ° 41' 6.8" W.