Guinea: Require security forces to use restraint

Guinea should require its security forces to use restraint in responding to street protests, Human Rights Watch has said, after security forces opened fire on groups protesting to demand lower fuel prices. Protests on November 3 and 4, 2008 within the Guinean capital Conakry have left at least four people dead and some 20 wounded. According to witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch, numerous casualties occurred after the security forces opened fire on groups of protesters apparently in an attempt to disperse them.