Cell phone images harden opposition to military junta
(NEWSER) - In the west African nation of Guinea, where a military junta seized power in 2008, 50,000 people attended a political demonstration in a stadium last week, where they were attacked by soldiers who shot and killed at least 157 unarmed people, according to human rights groups, and raped at least three women in broad daylight. Cell phone images of the brutal attacks on women have circulated throughout Guinea, fueling opposition to the coup. A New York Times reporter in Guinea calls the images "ugly and hard to refute." More»
