Guinean authorities reaffirmed yesterday Thursday that no security or military structure has arrested the two FNDC leaders and that they are not being held in penitentiary centers or military camps as their relatives and lawyers maintain.

According to the government spokesperson, legal proceedings will be initiated against Master Vincent Brengarth, the French lawyer who recently accused the president of the Guinean transition; the minister of defense and the senior commander of the gendarmerie of being the instigators of the kidnapping of Foniké Mengué and Billo Bah.

Authorities continue to be faced with national and international pressure for the release of activists Foniké Mangué and Billo Bah, the government provides explanations.