Guinea's ruling military junta has decided to pardon the 61-year-old ex-leader, according to a decree read out on state TV. It cites "health reasons".
At least 157 people were shot, hacked, beaten, or trampled to death when military forces stormed a football arena in the capital Conakry in September 2009. Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to protest against then-President Camara's decision to run in yet another election. Hundreds of women were raped during the violent incident that lasted for several days at the arena.
Camara's then-government claimed that individual army units acted on their own initiative, but it later emerged that his close associates had followed the events on site without intervening.
In July last year, Moussa Dadis Camara was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity as the highest responsible for the massacre.
The West African country's current junta came to power through a military coup in 2021 and rules with an iron fist.
