Tag: Yahya Jammeh
Swiss court sentences former Gambian minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity
Ousman Sonko, the former Minister of the Interior under Yahya Jammeh, has just been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity. Acts of torture, extrajudicial executions and…
In Dakar, an exhibition dedicated to the victims of the regime of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh
A traveling exhibition, that of the “Memory House” in Banjul, is stopping over in Dakar. This “house of memory”, opened in The Gambia in October 2021, is a place dedicated…
government suspends employees accused of crimes under Jammeh regime
This may be the beginning of a change in The Gambia. The victims had been waiting for several months for the government to act and implement the recommendations of the…
Yahya Jammeh victims still awaiting legal action
In this white paper, we have looked at the findings of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, and we direct the government to consider its recommendations. We want issues of…
Adama Barrow promotes two elders of the Jammeh regime and shocks victims’ associations
In The Gambia, one of the main victims’ associations of the Yahya Jammeh era says deeply ” shocked by President Adama Barrow’s choices to appoint two former allies of his…