Trial International said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that Sonko had been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
He was said to have committed the crimes first within the army, then as inspector general of the police, and finally as the interior minister from 2006 to 2016. "The long arm of the law is catching up with Yahya Jammeh's accomplices all around the world, and hopefully will soon catch up with Jammeh himself," Brody said.Sonko's lawyers had argued that he should not be tried for crimes against humanity because the alleged offenses were isolated acts for which he had borne no responsibility.
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