Gambia: Conditional Moratorium On Executions Is Not Enough

press release

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's conditional moratorium on executions of death row prisoners leaves at least 38 people at great risk of execution, Amnesty International said today.

On the evening of Friday 14 September, President Jammeh announced a moratorium on executions as the deadline he set for all death sentences to be carried out neared.

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