Joseph Siba Guilavogui, managing editor of Le Fouineur, a bi-monthly publication, and the Guinée Sud Info website, was on July 16, 2014, attacked by some members of the Gendarmerie, while he was covering the eviction of some residents of a populous area in the Guinean capital, Conakry.
The MFWA's correspondent in the country reported that the editor was questioning some of the evicted persons when the gendarmes surrounded him. One of the gendarmes gave him two slaps while another floored him and dragged him on the floor. His clothes got torn and his equipment destroyed in the process.
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