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All parties have been heard: Summary of the proceedings of the third week of the trial ...
26.01.2024
A note at the centre of the argument: Summary of the proceedings of the second week of ...
22.01.2024 - (Last modified: 26.01.2024)
The end of a long wait: Summary of the proceedings of the first week of the trial of Ou...
15.01.2024 - (Last modified: 26.01.2024)
(8-12 January 2024, Federal Criminal Court, Bellinzona, Switzerland)
The trial of Ousman Sonko opened on 8 January 2024 before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC). A panel of three judges is examining the former Gambian Minister of Interior’s responsibility over the numerous crimes against humanity that he is accused of having committed between 2000 and 2016, unde...
Day 5 Sonko trial: Continuation of the examination of the March 2006 charges
12.01.2024 - (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 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 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...
Day 1 Sonko Trial: The trial begins
08.01.2024 - (Last modified: 22.12.2025)
©TRIAL International / The Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona
The trial of Ousman Sonko opened today, 8 January 2024, at 9:00 AM before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, where three judges will be examining the former Gambian Minister of Interior’s responsibility over the numerous crimes against humanity that he is accused of having committed betw...
Landmark trial against former Gambian Minister of Interior for crimes against humanity ...
04.01.2024
Trial against former Gambian Minister of Interior for Crimes against humanity to start ...
06.12.2023 - (Last modified: 05.12.2023)
The trial of Ousman Sonko, former Gambian Minister of Interior, will open on 8 January 2024 before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC).
Ousman Sonko is accused of multiple counts of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed between 2000 and 2016, during the rule of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh.
This will be the second trial for crimes against human...
Historic conviction in Germany of a former member of a Gambian death squad for crimes a...
30.11.2023 - (Last modified: 14.06.2024)
Questions and Answers on first German trial for serious crimes committed in The Gambia
29.11.2023 - (Last modified: 28.02.2024)
Who is Bai L. and what are the charges against him?
Bai L. is a 48-year-old Gambian citizen who is alleged to have been a member of the “Junglers” death squad, a paramilitary unit also known as the “Patrol Team” created by the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. According to the indictment, “the aim of [the Junglers’] operations was to intimidate the Gam...