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.
By Abdul Tejan-Cole In the past few weeks the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has churned out startling revelations that sent the entire nation into a state of shock. Although many of what was revealed had been rumoured for years, it was still chilling to hear the confessions. It started when Lt. Malick Jatta took the stand. Sgt. Omar Jallow
An ex-prison guard has testified before a Swiss court about the murder of Gambian politician Baba Jobe while he was in custody in 2011, when Ousman Sonko was Minister of the Interior. But Sonko blames Yahya Jammeh.
Mr Sonko denied wrongdoing and argued that he neither exercised administrative nor operational oversight over the prisons.