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A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. Hailing Thursday's ruling as a "historic day for the entire Gambian press", which Deyda Hydara had championed, RSF head of advocacy Antoine Bernard stressed: "The real instigator, dictator Yahya Jammeh and all his accomplices, must now be held accountable for their crimes."
On Thursday, November 30, German justice sentenced to life imprisonment a Gambian member of a death squad, convicted in particular of crimes against humanity, following News
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In a landmark trial in Germany, a Gambian implicated in a death squad connected to President Yahya Jammeh s regime was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday.