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May 15, 2024 News Release

Gambia: Landmark Swiss Conviction of Ex-Official

Jammeh-Era Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

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January 5, 2024 News Release

Switzerland/Gambia: Jammeh-Era Crimes on Trial

Gambian Ex-Minister Sonko Faces Crimes Against Humanity Charges

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November 28, 2023 Q & A

Questions and Answers on first German trial for serious crimes committed in The Gambia

November 28, 2023

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November 28, 2023 News Release

Germany: Verdict in Gambia Atrocity Case

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June 16, 2022 Statement

Gambia Should Take Concrete Steps for Ex-President Jammeh to Face Justice

Human Rights Watch joined 14 other groups in issuing the following statement

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May 12, 2022 Letter

Letter to the Honourable Minister Jallow

Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) Recommendations Should Be Followed by Accountability

November 25, 2021 News Release

The Gambia: Truth Commission Calls for Prosecuting Ex-Officials

Government Should Initiate Procedures to Investigate Yahya Jammeh, Associates

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May 24, 2021 News Release

Gambia: Commission Uncovered Ex-President’s Alleged Crimes

Criminally Investigate Yahya Jammeh

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April 1, 2021 Commentary

Interview with Reed Brody on the Jammeh2Justice campaign

Reed Brody (2d from R) with some of Jammeh's victims in Banjul in May 2021.
March 17, 2021 News Release

Gambia: Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member Arrested in Germany

Major Advance for Victims of Abuses During Yahya Jammeh Rule

Members of the Gambian paramilitary group known as the Junglers. The Junglers have been implicated in serious human rights violations including torture, enforced disappearances, and killings.
March 12, 2021 News Release

Gambia: Ex-President Tied to Killing of 59 Migrants

Testimony Linking Yahya Jammeh to 2005 Murders Demands Justice

Massacre survivor Martin Kyere testifies before the Gambia truth commission, March 2021. 
March 2, 2021 News Release

Nigerian Victim Calls for Justice at Gambia Truth Commission

Ex-President Jammeh Linked to 2005 Murder of 59 West African Migrants

Paul Omozemoje Enagameh of Nigeria who was arrested and forcibly disappeared in The Gambia in 2005.
July 21, 2020 News Release

Gambia: No Justice for 2005 Massacre of Migrants

International Inquiry Needed

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June 26, 2020 Dispatches

Giving Gambia a Big Voice on Human Rights

Abubacarr Tambadou Pushed for Justice at Home and Abroad

Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou speaks on the first day of hearings in a case against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice
June 12, 2020 News Release

Gambia: US Charges Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member with Torture

Correa Indictment is Major Advance for Victims of Abuses during Jammeh Rule

Michael Sang Correa

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