Gambia: Human Rights Groups Hail Verdict Against Yankuba Touray

Following the murder conviction of Yankuba Touray, former top military junta member of the defunct Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC), and Minister of Local Government and Lands; human rights groups across Europe, United States and beyond are currently hailing the verdict as a "strong message of deterrence to Yahya Jameh's impunity and brutality during his 22-year reign of terror".

Draft documents seen by The Point acknowledged that the current Gambian judicial structure... human rights advocates whose tireless campaign against impunity and injustice and a media diligently battling to wipe out all forms of inhumane and barbaric treatment of Gambians is currently on course".

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