Justice without borders: Gambians fight dictator's impunity from afar
For decades, Gambia’s dictator and his henchmen were untouchable. Now international courts are offering their victims a new path to justice.
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For decades, Gambia’s dictator and his henchmen were untouchable. Now international courts are offering their victims a new path to justice.
For decades, Gambia’s dictator and his henchmen were untouchable. Now international courts are offering their victims a new path to justice.
In a historic decision, a German court convicted a former member of Gambia's hit squad for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara.
A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. Hailing Thursday's ruling as a "historic day for the entire Gambian press", which Deyda Hydara had championed, RSF head of advocacy Antoine Bernard stressed: "The real instigator, dictator Yahya Jammeh and all his accomplices, must now be held accountable for their crimes."
On Thursday, November 30, German justice sentenced to life imprisonment a Gambian member of a death squad, convicted in particular of crimes against humanity, following News