00:01France has joined calls for a transparent and independent investigation
00:05by the Ghanaian justice system, following the discovery of a mass grave
00:09in the southwestern Forêt Carrière Préfecture.
00:13The bodies of six men, their hands tied and their eyes blindfolded,
00:17were found on Monday by a group of young people who'd gone into the forest to collect firewood.
00:22Local authorities and the public prosecutor have since visited the scene,
00:25and an official investigation has been opened.
00:27Civil society organizations are calling on the United Nations Human Rights Office,
00:33as well as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, to ensure its proper conduct.
00:39Citizen movement Turn the Page Guinea said the fact that the bodies were hidden in an isolated area
00:45and lacked identification raised serious questions.
00:49It says it's documented numerous reports of alleged extrajudicial executions of citizens and state agents
00:56since the military authorities came to power in September 2021.
