(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…]
Human Rights
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…]
Newspaper Editor Recounts His Experiences In Gambia’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’
One of Gambia’s most persecuted journalists during the previous APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh has opened up about his experiences in the hands of the country’s feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Alagi Yorro Jallow, former managing editor and founder of the private newspaper, The Independent, before it was banned[Read More…]
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