Jammeh’s man convicted by US jury for torture in Gambia
Plaintiffs pose at the entrance of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, on January 8, 2024 in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland at the opening day of the trial of Ousman Sonko, a Gambian former interior minister accused of crimes against humanity committed under the regime of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.
A man who was accused of being part of a Gambian armed unit run by former dictator Yahya Jammeh has been convicted in the United States for torture, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
A Colorado jury convicted the Gambian national, Michael Sang Correa, for his participation in the torture of numerous victims in The Gambia in 2006, including through beating and flesh burning, because of the victims' purported involvement in a coup plot against the then-president, the Justice Department added.
