# Landmark 2009 stadium-massacre trial opens

Date: 2022

Guinean judicial authorities opened the long-delayed trial of eleven defendants accused in connection with the 2009 stadium massacre and mass sexual violence, creating an important domestic accountability process during the military transition.

## Drivers

- Doumbouya junta transition: https://factrail.ai/drivers/doumbouya-junta-transition

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/26/guineas-2009-stadium-massacre-trial
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/22/guinea-landmark-trial-2009-massacre

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/guinea-stadium-massacre-trial-opens-2022-09-28