A/HRC/28/50 authorities ensure that the security forces were trained in human rights and international humanitarian law so as to prevent violations of the right to life, especially during operations relating to demonstrations. 20. The right to life is one of the fundamental and inalienable rights of all individuals. It is protected under article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 6 of the Guinean Constitution. 21. Violations of the right to life involving security forces were documented by the OHCHR country office in Guinea during 2014. In February 2014, a student suspected of trafficking and using of cannabis was arrested in Fria, a town 160 kilometres north of Conakry, by officers of the communal police force on the orders of two gendarmes. When he resisted arrest, he was beaten and dragged along the ground for several metres. As a result of this ill-treatment, he died shortly after arriving at the gendarmerie. 22. In February 2014, in response to the young man’s death, young people from Fria vandalized and set fire to the local gendarmerie and town hall and broke down the prison gates, allowing the prisoners to escape. 23. The regional and prefectural authorities deployed security forces at the scene. A commission of inquiry comprising a justice of the peace, the gendarmerie commander and the central police commissioner of Fria was established on 1 March 2014 to determine responsibility for the young man’s death. The commission questioned 19 people, 8 of whom were municipal police officers and 11 young people suspected of organizing and carrying out the burning and looting of public property. However, the gendarmerie captain, who was identified by the victim’s family and by witnesses as the main person behind the young student’s arrest, never responded to the many court summonses issued to him. His superiors opposed his appearance in court and assigned him to a different town. 24. On 16 September 2014, a delegation comprising the governor of the Nzerékoré administrative region, the prefect, the director of the regional hospital, the Nzerékoré regional director of health, the Womey sub-prefect, religious leaders and journalists set out for Womey, a village 50 km from Nzerékoré, to raise awareness among the local population about the Ebola virus. The group was attacked by some local people, and eight of its members were killed. According to reports, the victims’ bodies were thrown into the septic tank at the local primary school. After this incident, defence and security forces were deployed to secure the scene and to arrest suspects. Fourteen people were arrested and placed in pretrial detention at the Nzerékoré central prison. Non-governmental organizations reported looting by the security forces responsible for securing the village. The OHCHR office in Guinea met with the Minister of Justice to request an investigation to shed light on the murder of the delegation members and the allegations of looting. 25. In relation to the murders, 53 persons were arrested and the case was referred to the Court of Appeal. The village was occupied by the defence and security forces for two months, during which the inhabitants of Womey reportedly fled to the bush for fear of reprisals. Despite appeals from civil society and the intervention of the Minister of Human Rights and Public Liberties, the soldiers continued to occupy Womey, preventing the villagers from returning to their homes. The army withdrew at the end of November 2014 after a hunger strike organized by opposition leaders and members of civil society. The OHCHR office in Guinea later received reports that six women had been raped by the defence and security forces. The office staff met with these women and with the Nzerékoré judicial authorities to request an investigation to determine who was responsible. GE.15-03278 7