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Trial of opposition leader adjourned

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    The trial of 48 opposition members including Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinee (RPG) leader Alpha Conde was adjourned indefinitely on Tuesday after they refused to be defended by lawyers assigned by the state following the withdrawal of their attorneys.

    The defence team decided last week to withdraw from the case, saying that they were not given a chance to prepare it properly.

    Conde and his co-accused are charged with various offences including threatening state security and recruiting foreign mercenaries. The RPG leader was arrested in December 1998, just after presidential elections marred by allegations of fraud, and which he lost to the incumbent, General Lansana Conte.

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