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May 24, 2021 News Release

Gambia: Commission Uncovered Ex-President’s Alleged Crimes

Criminally Investigate Yahya Jammeh

Former Gambia president Yahya Jammeh leaves for exile in January 2017

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

Families of massacre victims, in Kumasi Ghana, April 2018.

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

December 4, 2019 News Release

Gambia: Commission Uncovers Ex-Dictator’s Alleged Crimes

Yahya Jammeh Accused of Murder, Torture, Rape

A sreenshot of TRRC lead counsel Essa Faal questioning Malick Jatta at Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, July 2019.

July 25, 2019 Dispatches

Former Hitmen Implicate Ex-Gambia Dictator

Truth Commission Hears Testimony Against Yahya Jammeh

TRRC lead counsel Essa Faal questioning Staff Sgt. Amadou Badjie at Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, July 25, 2019

July 19, 2019 Interview

Reed Brody on Why it Will be Harder for Equatorial Guinea to Not Hand Over Jammeh When the Time Comes

Former Gambia's leader Yahya Jammeh departs Banjul airport in Gambia.

June 26, 2019 Report

Gambia: Women Accuse Ex-President of Sexual Violence

Investigate Yahya Jammeh for Rape, Sexual Assault

April 30, 2019 Commentary

Reed Brody: Bringing Jammeh to Justice

January 24, 2019 News Release

UN/ECOWAS: Release Report on Gambia Migrant Massacre

5 UN Rights Monitors Urge Public Reporting of 2005 Killings

Massacre survivor Martin Kyere at Accra cemetery where six bodies were returned from Gambia.

June 25, 2018 News Release

Gambia: 2 Togolese Among Victims in Migrant Murder Case

Victims Seek Justice for 2005 Killings Linked to Ex-President Jammeh

Kossi Odeyi and Yawovi Agbogbo, two Togolese citizens who were among a group of about 50 West African migrants murdered in Gambia in 2005, by the “Junglers,” a paramilitary unit controlled by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh.

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