Activist probing Guinea massacre denied entry

BANJUL, Gambia — A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.

Mabassa Fall denounced the move by Guinea's ruling junta, saying "there can be no justice without truth."

Fall, who is the permanent representative of the International Federation of Human Rights at the African Union, said Wednesday that Guinean authorities should cooperate.

Witnesses say soldiers opened fire on 50,000 protesters and raped women in broad daylight in September. A Guinean human rights group says 157 people were killed, while the government put the death toll at 57.

The violence in the West African nation has drawn widespread international condemnation.

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BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier year this year.

Mabassa Fall denounced the move by Guinea's ruling junta, saying "there can be no justice without truth."

Fall, who is the permanent representative of the International Federation of Human Rights at the African Union, said Wednesday that Guinean authorities should cooperate.

Witnesses say soldiers opened fire on 50,000 protesters and raped women in broad daylight in September. A Guinean human rights group says 157 people were killed, while the government put the death toll at 57.

The violence in the West African nation has drawn widespread international condemnation.

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