Several members of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad who have revealed at the truth commission how they carried out several killings on the former president’s orders including the shooting and killing of Journalist Deyda Hydara of The Point Newspaper, suffocation of nine death row inmates with plastic bags, beheading[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia’s Former Justice Minister Defended Execution Of Death Row Prisoners
(JollofNews) A former Gambian Attorney General and minister of Justice, Lamin Jobarteh, has justified the enforcement of the controversial death penalty by then APRC government of Yahya Jammeh. Nine death row prisoners including Dawda Bojang, Malang Sonko, Ex-Lieutenant Lamin Jarjou, Ex-SGT Alieu Bah, Ex-SGT Lamin F Jammeh, Tabara Samba, Buba yarboe,[Read More…]
Executed Gambian Prisoner Was ‘Insane’
(JollofNews) One of the death row inmates executed in August 2012 on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh was reported to be suffering from severe ‘mental problems’ and was once admitted at the Campama Psychiatric Unit in Banjul. Buba Yarboe, who was 27, and originated from Busumbala Village, was among[Read More…]
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