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Sékou Jamal Pendessa

Nationality
Guinea
Occupation
journalist

Sékou Jamal Pendessa is a Guinean journalist and trade unionist.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Maison centrale de Conakry
    Dates unknown

Biography

Sékou Jamal Pendessa is a Guinean journalist and trade unionist. He is the secretary-general of the Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (French: Syndicat des professionnels de la presse de Guinée, SPPG). His arrest in 2024 for calling for a demonstration led to a general strike being called by the Guinean Trade Union Movement.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

  • Amadou Damaro Camara
    Amadou Damaro Camara
    1952Guinea

    Amadou Damaro Camara (born 1952) is a politician from Guinea who served as President of the National Assembly of Guinea from 2020 to September 2021.

  • Lamine Kamara
    1940Guinea

    Lamine Kamara (born 1940) is a Guinean writer, novelist, and essayist.

  • Idrisa Diallo
    1990–2012Guinea
  • Alassane Diop
    Guinea
  • Aliou Bah
    Aliou Bah
    1984Guinea
  • Claude Pivi
    Claude Pivi
    1960–2026Guinea

    Colonel Claude Pivi (1 January 1960 – 6 January 2026) was a Guinean military and political figure who was a member of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) and a Minister from December 2008 to 2010.

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