A federal judge last month declined to dismiss multiple criminal charges in the unique prosecution of a West African man living in Denver, whose alleged acts of torture in his home country could violate U.S. law.
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“The universal jurisdiction is narrowing the space for perpetrators,” said Gambian human rights lawyer Abdoulie Fatty. “It also gives hope that slowly but surely the perpetrators cannot escape. That they can run but they cannot hide.”
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