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Guinea: Aliou Bah’s detention and release

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This dossier follows MoDeL leader Aliou Bah’s detention, pardon measures and release conditions. It distinguishes court decisions from the reintegration programme and actual release.

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Aliou Bah in December 2019. File portrait; does not depict his release. Aboubacarkhoraa, CC BY-SA 4.0, unmodified.
Aliou Bah in December 2019. File portrait; does not depict his release. Aboubacarkhoraa, CC BY-SA 4.0, unmodified. — Aboubacarkhoraa / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; décembre 2019 ; sans modification.

Where things stand

On 6 November 2026, Aliou Bah was released after the Sonfonia programme. MoDeL announced his freedom and the Justice Ministry reported the programme’s closing ceremony.

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Guinean opposition leader Aliou Bah is released

Aliou Bah, president of the Liberal Democratic Movement, regained his freedom in Guinea on 6 November 2026. Guinée360 reported his release and his party announced it, while the Justice Ministry described the end of the reintegration programme at Sonfonia.

Aliou Bah in December 2019. File portrait; does not depict his release. Aboubacarkhoraa, CC BY-SA 4.0, unmodified.
Aliou Bah in December 2019. File portrait; does not depict his release. Aboubacarkhoraa, CC BY-SA 4.0, unmodified. — Aboubacarkhoraa / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; décembre 2019 ; sans modification.

The opposition leader had been transferred to the Sonfonia gendarmerie camp following a presidential pardon announced in October. His actual release therefore came after that decision and the period spent in the programme.

Guinée360 recalls that he was arrested in December 2024 and sentenced to two years for offending the head of state, a sentence upheld on appeal in May 2025. The pardon and release do not amount to a judicial reversal of that conviction.

The ministry says a memorandum written by Aliou Bah was presented during the closing ceremony. In its statement, MoDeL thanked supporters and reiterated its commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

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