Guinea-Bissau junta releases opposition leader after court orders medical treatment

News Guinea-Bissau junta releases opposition leader after court orders medical treatment Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, Domingos Simoes Pereira, then prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, speaks during the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Last updated: 33 minutes ago Guinea-Bissau Guinea Bissau’s junta had freed opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira after a court ordered he should be allowed to travel to Portugal for medical treatment. The former prime minister was arrested for a second time earlier this month charged with financing and providing logistical support for an alleged coup attempt in October.

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