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TRIAL OF ROGER LUMBALA Q&A

10.11.2025 - (Last modified: 09.12.2025)
  Who is Roger Lumbala and what charges does he face? Roger Lumbala is a Congolese national and former lead...
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any error...

7 March 2024 – Day 17 continued: Rebuttal of the defense

08.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any errors...
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any err...

6 March 2024 – day 16: Closing arguments of the defense

07.03.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any errors...
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any err...
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any err...
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of The Gambia, which took place between January and March 2024 in Bellinzona, Switzerland. During this time, TRIAL International did its best to capture the most important points discussed during the hearings and cannot be held responsible for any err...
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity) As part of an attempted coup d'état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their free...

Day 4 Sonko trial: Examination of the March 2006 charges

11.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
(acts of torture, false imprisonment and sexual violence committed as crimes against humanity) As part of an attempted coup d'état in March 2006, Ousman Sonko is being accused, as an accomplice of a group of perpetrators, of having tortured various people, including members of the army, politicians and journalists, of having illegally deprived them of their f...

Day 3 Sonko trial: Examination of the early 2000s charges

10.01.2024 - (Last modified: 05.02.2026)
  This article is part of the daily summaries of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of...
Part of the plaintiffs in the Ousman Sonko case in front of the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona

Day 2 Sonko Trial: All rise!

09.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
©TRIAL International / Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona.   The proceedings resumed at 1 PM sharp with the Court’s reading of its decision on the preliminary questions discussed during the first day. Read our recap for day two. The Court announced that the ruling will not be translated into English. On the arguments made by t...