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Gambia: When “legal junglers” defend their role under military rule
3 May 2021 By Mustapha K. Darboe, our correspondent in Banjul
The Yahya Jammeh regime relied on lawyers to draft and enact decrees that got rid of fundamental human rights. Some of them, including the first Minister of Justice under the military junta, were called to testify before Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. They essentially avoided to take personal responsibility.
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