Gambia: death penalty for former leaders of the national intelligence agency

On July 13, 6 members of the top leadership of the National Intelligence Agency, a place notorious for torture and disappearance under the regime of Yahya Jammeh (1994-2017), were sentenced to death for their role in the 2016 killing of political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng, and other crimes. This was the most high-profile case connected to Jammeh’s crimes to be prosecuted in the Gambia.

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