UN Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet wrote a letter to Guinea's leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, highlighting what she called large numbers of arrests of protesters as well as some of their deaths.

Ms Bachelet wants Guinea's government to investigate alleged violence at the hands of security forces during the protests, free those arrested and re-institute the opposition coalition called the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC).

Dissolving the group "constitutes a major violation of freedom of association and public gathering," the AFP news agency quotes Ms Bachelet as saying.

Guinea saw a military takeover in September 2021, which led to Col Doumbouya taking over as head of state.