Guinean teenager with sickle cell dies in prison after exam cheating arrest, father demands justice
Mamadou Djouma Bah, 17, died in prison after being arrested for cheating in an exam on July 15. He was allegedly caught using his phone during Guinea's national school-leaving baccalaureate. Two days later, he was convicted for cheating and sentenced to six months in prison, five of which were suspended. He was serving his one month in a prison in the city of Kindia, about 137km (85 miles) north-east of the capital, Conakry, when his health deteriorated. He was transferred to hospital and later died "under the care of his treating physician," according to the prosecutor.
His father, Mamadou Saliou Bah, blames the authorities for his son's death and has called for an investigation, stating his son did not "receive good medical care" in detention. Mamadou Djouma Bah had sickle cell disease, a lifelong illness common in people of African descent. People with sickle cell are often at an increased risk of contracting serious infections or becoming anaemic.
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A Guinean teenager with sickle cell disease died in prison after being arrested for exam cheating, prompting his father to demand justice. His
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