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A court in Switzerland has convicted a Gambian former top official for crimes against humanity and has sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the move and ...

Any party to the post-WWII treaty can initiate a case against another signatory under the convention. The West African ...

A Swiss court has sentenced a former Gambian minister to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity, according to BBC report published yesterday 15th May.

Yesterday’s news was huge. This was a senior leader – a former interior minister, no less – of an appalling regime. His ...

Gambia: Ex-minister Sonko sentenced to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity The conviction of Ousman Sonko, once ...

GENEVA -- Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against ...

He is the second ex-Gambian official convicted in Europe for international crimes committed in Gambia, after a former death ...

One group expressed hope the ruling deters future abuses by officials, though some wished Sonko could serve his term under ...

GENEVA — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 20 years over his role in murder, torture and ...

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Ousman Sonko, who served under an autocratic president now in exile, was found guilty of multiple counts of intentional ...