Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum on Sunday on a constitutional change that would give the president more powers ahead of a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year.
This new constitution was presented by transitional, unelected bodies that emerged from the military coup d’état last November.
Bubacar Turé, who heads the Guinean League for Human Rights, told Euronews that at this stage, only the "yes" camp is running an official campaign and is doing so "in all regions."
"There is a campaign under way led by the military, their political supporters and also some senior figures from the previous regime, who are likewise associated with the transition now in force," he explains.
Turé points out that advocates of a "no" vote are not authorised to campaign, at a time when "several freedoms are suspended."
