(JollofNews) – The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday deplored the death of an opposition party member while in custody in Gambia, urging the authorities to investigate his death along with allegations that detainees are refused medical care. Solo Krummah died in hospital over the weekend, his United Democratic Party (UDP)[Read More…]
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Gambia Urged To Release Political Detainees After New Death In State Custody
(JollofNews) – The United States government has urged Gambia to immediately release opposition figures who were arrested earlier this year after a second detainee died in custody on Aug. 20. The State Department said on its website it was “deeply concerned” by the death of Ibrima Solo Krummah, an official[Read More…]
Gambia: Another Opposition UDP Supporter Dies In Custody
(Jollofnews) – Another member of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has died in state custody three months after his arrest and incaceration at the Mile Two prisons. Solo Krummah, a father of nine, is said to have died on Saturday at the Edward Francis’s Small Teaching Hospital in[Read More…]
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