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Burundi: The African Commission on Human and Peoples' rights once again condemns Burund...
09.01.2024
United Nations recognizes Nepal’s responsibility on the torture and extra-judicial kill...
24.05.2022
Putting faces on the loved ones of disappeared persons
30.08.2021 - (Last modified: 25.08.2021)
The Gambia: ex-president tied to the killing of 59 migrants
12.03.2021 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
Nigerian victim testifies at The Gambia Truth Commission
03.03.2021 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
Gambia: 2005 massacre of migrants under the scrutiny of the TRRC
24.02.2021 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
Extrajudicial execution of a member of the opposition party in Nepal
09.02.2021 - (Last modified: 08.03.2021)
Virtual exhibition: "The Duty to Remember"
18.11.2020 - (Last modified: 12.01.2021)
Yahya Jammeh
29.07.2020 - (Last modified: 04.04.2022)
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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 19...