CIVICUS discusses Guinea-Bissau’s coup following its presidential election with Victorino Indeque, activist and coordinator of the Guinea-Bissau Human Rights Defenders Network, a coalition of over 30 organisations that works to protect activists, combat human rights violations and defend democracy.
A military coup disrupted Guinea-Bissau’s election process the day before the results were announced. After failed attempts to tamper with the results, the military seized power, claiming to be fighting drug trafficking. Civil society has denounced the coup as a manoeuvre orchestrated by the outgoing president.
