The European Union has called for the trial of Guinea's military leader for crimes against humanity over last month's deadly army crackdown against opposition protesters.
Karel de Gucht, the EU development commissioner, said on Wednesday that Captain Moussa Dadis Camara should be held accountable for the September incident, in which at least 150 people were killed.
"The repression on September 28 was of a brutality never seen before," the AFP news agency quoted de Gucht as saying.
"We are facing a real crime against humanity. The principal idea is that everywhere there is crime against humanity, the crime must be punished."
Strike
The EU official's comments followed a strike in Guinea called to protest the crackdown.
Thousands of Guineans stayed indoors on Monday and Tuesday to mark the killings, bringing the capital, Conakry, to a standstill.
The strike also froze production in the country's mining operations, halting work at an aluminium refinery and freezing bauxite exports, a major source of Guinea's foreign exchange.
But mining company officials said work had resumed on Wednesday, the Reuters news agency reported.
September's crackdown began when government soldiers opened fire at protesters who had gathered outside a stadium in Conakry in defiance of a ban on the rally.
The protest followed speculation that Camara, who seized power in a coup last December, would stand in next year's elections.
Camara has said he is not responsible for his troops' actions.
Rights organisations and the UN say the number of people killed in the crackdown may have been higher than 150 and that at least 1,200 people were injured.
The military government puts the death toll at 56.