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On Christmas Eve, six months after it was first announced, the final report of the Gambia Truth Commission (TRRC) was made public. Primarily, in its first volume, it has recommended dozens of prosecutions and, unsurprisingly, targets former President Yahya Jammeh. The Commission is currently carrying out a sensitive review of amnesty applications.
Falana added that the recommendation by the Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission for the prosecution of Jammeh and his co-perpetrators for 44 cases of murder, torture, and rape is a turning point for justice in the country.
27 january 2021 - 14:15:55 MSS/AR Panafrican News Agency Gambia Supreme Court dismisses ex-junta member's immunity claim Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A panel of Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow has dismissed the constitutional immunity claim by embattled retired Capt. Yankuba Touray, member of the defunct Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) that brought Yahya Jammeh to power in The Gambia in July 1994, for lack of merit. The ruling on Wednesday by the country’s apex court has paved way for the High Court to continue with the prosecution of the one-t...