Campaigners, human rights activists welcomed Thursday the guilty verdict handed down in the case of a former member of Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad. Bai Lowe has been slapped with life sentence by a court in Celle, not far away from Stuttgart, for his role in extrajudicial killings carried out by[Read More…]
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GPU Welcomes Sentencing Of Bai Lowe For Murder Of Deyda Hydara
PRESS STATEMENT (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern[Read More…]
Gambian Convicted In Germany For Death-Squad Role
A Gambian man in Germany has been sentenced to life for his role in an assassination squad that worked on behalf of The Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh. The man, identified as Bai L. worked as a driver for the squad known as the “Junglers”. He was found guilty of[Read More…]
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