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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

In a landmark trial in Germany, a Gambian implicated in a death squad connected to President Yahya Jammeh's regime was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday.

A German court sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Jammeh.

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.