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Colorado: Trial postponed for alleged Gambian death squad member accused of torture and...
12.09.2024 - (Last modified: 13.09.2024)
(Banjul, Denver, Geneva, 12 September 2024) - The trial against Michael Sang Correa for torture allegedly committed in The Gambia, originally scheduled for 16 September 2024, has been postponed.
Last week, Correa’s defense lawyers filed two motions with the court. The motions explained that the defense wanted to present testimony from two witnesses to support the a...
Erwin Sperisen sentenced on appeal
12.09.2024 - (Last modified: 13.09.2024)Alleged Gambian death squad member to stand trial for torture and conspiracy to commit ...
26.08.2024
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1. Who is Michael Correa and what are the charges against him?
Michael Correa, a Gambian citizen, will stand trial in September 2024 for allegedly torturing people in The Gambia in 2006. He is accused of being part of the “Junglers”, a death squad that committed human rights abuses at the direction of former President Y...
Victims’ voices: A setback for the fight against impunity
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.07.2024)Sonko case: How a Swiss court failed survivors of sexual violence in The Gambia, and wo...
17.06.2024 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recom...
05.06.2024 - (Last modified: 04.06.2024)
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In a brief entitled “Towards a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity: recommendations to States on the prohibition of amnesties and other similar measures of impunity”, TRIAL International and 23 partner organizations urge States to support the opening of negotiations for an international treaty on Crimes against Humanity and to ensure...
Making justice work: Civil society unites in the global fight against impunity
04.06.2024 - (Last modified: 18.06.2024)Sonko case: a historic conviction, yet a missed opportunity to recognize sexual violenc...
24.05.2024 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)
The conviction of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland for crimes against humanity on 15 May 2024 is historical in many ways. However, the decision by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court’s (FCC) to dismiss all charges of sexual violence casts a shadow over this landmark verdict. Ousman Sonko was found guilty of three murders, multiple acts of tort...