Gambia’s Truth Commission recommends prosecution of Yahya Jammeh, payment to victims

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission , set up to investigate crimes and abuses perpetrated by The Gambia’s erstwhile president, Yahya Jammeh, has recommended the prosecution of the dictator.for three years investigated and documented cases of human rights violation against citizens under the 22-year rule of Mr Jammeh.

In a 172-page report recently released in Banjul, the commission investigated 18 themes including the killing of West African migrants stranded in The Gambia in their attempt to transit to Europe, enforced disappearance, attack on media and political opponents, killing of student demonstrators among others.

Also, 11 people were killed on April 10 when the armed forces first violently engaged the students while three others were killed the following day. The TRCC also recommended that the Ministries of Basic and Secondary Education and Tertiary Education should consider declaring April 10 or 11 a school holiday or develop other arrangements to memorialize the sad events and ensure a non-recurrence.

Further, the commission noted that in October 2019, the government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Justice disbursed an initial sum of 50 million Dalasi for reparations, and pledged to provide another D50 million – but more needs to be done.Barrow speaks on Jammeh, reveals plans for truth, reconciliation committee report implementation

“It’s not me per se,” he replied when a journalist asked if he would attempt to have Mr Jammeh extradited from exile and prosecute him. “It will depend on what is the recommendation and also, it will depend on my technical team.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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