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Yahya Jammeh

03.07.2019 - (Last modified: 13.08.2019)

Gambia

Yahya Jammeh was born in 1969 in Kanilai in Gambia. In 1984, he entered gendarmerie and gradually made his way to the top, reaching the position of commander of the military police, a position which he held between 1991 and 1992. On 22 July 1994, he came to power following a coup d’état. A transitional government was subsequently established and lasted until 1996 when...

News releases

Gambia: Women accuse ex-President of sexual violence

26.06.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)

Gambia

Yahya Jammeh reportedly forced young women to have sex with him. Some of them received a state salary and worked at the...

News releases

UN urged to release report of killings in The Gambia

28.01.2019

Gambia

Five United Nations human rights monitors have urged the UN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) t...

Opinions

Is The Gambia ready to confront its past?

21.01.2019

Gambia

Bringing an end to more than 20 years of authoritarian rule is a delicate process, as victims and perpetrators are somet...

News

Victims of Yahya Jammeh’s oppressive regime were buried in Senegal

24.10.2018 - (Last modified: 23.05.2019)

Gambia

The former Gambian dictator's death squads, known as "Junglers", have killed at least 45 individuals in the region of Ca...

News releases

Gambia: Two Togolese Among Victims in Migrant Murder Case

25.06.2018

Gambia

Victims Seek Justice for 2005 Killings Linked to Ex-President Jammeh Two Togolese have recently been discovered to be a...

News releases

Gambia: ex-president tied to 2005 murders of Ghanaian and Nigerian migrants

16.05.2018 - (Last modified: 17.05.2018)

Gambia

Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jamme...

News releases

Dictator Obiang Cannot “Protect” Yahya Jammeh From Justice

29.01.2018 - (Last modified: 02.02.2018)

Gambia

Equatorial Guinea Legally Bound to “Prosecute or Extradite” Exiled Gambian Dictator (Banjul, The Gambia, Janu...

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Ousman Sonko

11.01.2018 - (Last modified: 28.06.2019)

Switzerland

Ousman Sonko was a member of the Gambian army under the regime of Yahya Jammeh, former President of the Republic of The...

News releases

Gambia: Campaign to bring former president Yahya Jammeh to Justice

23.10.2017

Gambia

(Banjul, The Gambia, October 21, 2017) - Victims of the former Gambian government of Yahya Jammeh and Gambian and intern...

News releases

Sonko case: voices of the victims

11.07.2017 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)

Gambia

The Attorney General of Switzerland has heard two victims in the investigation against Ousman Sonko. The former Gambian...

Cases

Ousman Sonko

10.07.2017 - (Last modified: 04.04.2019)

Gambia

Ousman Sonko was the Minister of Interior under the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh from 2006 to 2016. During this period...

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