Dakar — Gambia has postponed at the last minute a week-long visit by two U.N. experts on torture and extrajudicial killings, a move they said was 'extremely worrying' and cast doubt on the country's commitment to a better human rights record.
The European Union, which has given Gambia 75 million euros of aid in the past six years, suspended a new seven-year aid programme worth 150 million euros in February because of the west African country's poor rights record and is due to review that decision after bilateral talks in November.
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