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Frequently asked questions and answers   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...
Gambian Ex-Minister Sonko Faces Crimes Against Humanity Charges (Geneva, January 5, 2024) – The opening of a Swiss tria...
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(Geneva, 4 January 2024) – The trial of Ousman Sonko, former Gambian Minister of Interior, will open before the Swiss Fe...
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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...
(Geneva, 30 November 2023) - Bai Lowe, a former member of the paramilitary unit known as the "Junglers", created by form...
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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...

Alleged Gambian death squad member to stand trial in the USA

02.11.2023 - (Last modified: 03.11.2023)
(San Francisco and Geneva, November 2nd, 2023) – Michael Correa, an alleged member of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jamm...
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A message from Benoit Meystre, Legal Advisor (International Investigations and Litigation program) and Philip Grant, Exe...
(Geneva 18.04.2023) – The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland has yesterday indicted Ousman Sonko, forme...
Alleged Gambian ‘Death Squad’ Driver’s Trial Progresses (Berlin, January 19, 2023) A Ghanaian citizen who survived the...
Survivor to testify at German Trial of Alleged Gambian ‘Death Squad’ Driver Trial of Jammeh-Era Abuses moves forward...
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Major Advance for Victims of Abuses During Yahya Jammeh Rule (Berlin and Geneva, 03.03.2022) – The indictment in German...
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