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Day 11: Examination of the March 2006 charges in relation to the persecution of journal...
23.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026)
Global
(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 freedom...
18 and 22 January 2024 – Days 9 and 11: Examination of the March 2006 charges in relati...
22.01.2024 - (Last modified: 19.01.2026) Global
(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...
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...
