Faces of Reselience
A photo exhibition highlighting the multidimensional Impact of torture on Victims was launched at the Gambia National Museum in collaboration with The National Center for Arts and Culture.
This groundbreaking exhibition which is supported by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and created by Solo Sandeng Foundation in February 2023 serves as a stark reminder of the detriment Impact of torture on individuals. While continuing the vital process of truth-telling and the creation of historical records of the 22 years of dictatorship.
The Correa Trial
The Solo Sandeng Foundation joined other civil society organizations to disseminate the information on the Trial of Michael Sang Correa. Correa is a former member of the Gambia Armed Forces alleged of being a member of former president Jammeh’s hit squad known as the “junglers”.
He was arrested in the United States and charged with six counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture. His trial was scheduled to take place from the 17th to the 27th September this year but was later postponed.
Ousman Sonko
Ousman Sonko, the former Gambian Interior Minister under former president Yahya Jammeh who was tried for committing multiple crimes including torture, murder, unlawful detention and sexual abuse between the years of 2000 to 2016. These crimes are those that amount to crimes against humanity. Ousman Sonkko was tried, found guilty and sentenced in Switzerland under the law of Universal Jurisdiction. The TRRC recommended for Sonko to be tried for these crimes but he is not in the Jurisdiction of the Gambia. Universal jurisdiction is a principle of international law which mandates another country to prosecute such offenders when they flee out of the jurisdiction that they committed those crimes in.