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The trial of Bai Lowe for crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia is about to conclude in Germany. The prosecution called for a life sentence, even though they acknowledged that Lowe played a minor role in the crimes and later helped reveal them.

A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilitary ‘death squad’ in Gambia will testify before a court on January 19, 2023 in the German city of Celle.

On Thursday 20 October, Baboucar “Bai” Lowe has given his first statement in six month of trial in Germany. The Gambian national, an alleged member of a notorious killing squad called the “Junglers” accused of crimes against humanity, claims that he was never part of it and that the self-incriminating statements he gave were based on narrations of others.

Alleged Gambian death squad member denies German charges

A Gambian man on trial in Germany accused of belonging to a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist, on Thursday denied the charges.

A Gambian man on trial in Germany accused of belonging to a death squad that murdered opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist,

The German court judgement and its written grounds represent a fundamental attack on democratic rights. The aim is to ban socialist ideas and any criticism of capitalism.