Press statement: (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern […]
A German regional court on Thursday sentenced a former member of a death squad from The Gambia to life in jail. The court found 47-year-old Bai Lowe guilty of crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder for his role as a driver for the so-called “Junglers” military unit which operated in the West African nation. […]
The presiding judge in the trial of Bai Lowe has set a date for judgement to be delivered on Thursday, 30th November 2023. Bai Lowe, a former driver of the Junglers is accused of being allegedly involved in the attempted murder of Ousman Sillah, a lawyer; the murder of Deyda Hydara, a […]
Article written by AFP News. German prosecutors on Thursday demanded life in prison for a Gambian man accused of belonging to a death squad that murdered opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. A spokesman for the court holding the trial in the northern German town of […]