{"id":6695,"date":"2018-01-27T20:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T03:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2018-01-27T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T03:56:09","slug":"i-will-favour-jammehs-extradition-to-face-justice-on-human-rights-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/i-will-favour-jammehs-extradition-to-face-justice-on-human-rights-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I will favour Jammeh&#8217;s extradition to face justice on\u00a0human-rights abuses&#8221;-\u00a0Adama Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6696\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jammeh-and-barrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jammeh-and-barrow.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jammeh-and-barrow-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jammeh-and-barrow-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__title\">Jan 27, 2018: \u00a0Gambian President Adama Barrow has said he will favour the extradition of his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, if a commission of inquiry into human-rights abuses during the former ruler\u2019s 22-year reign recommends that he stands trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>Jammeh\u2019s two-decade rule of the tiny West African nation came to an end in January 2017 after Senegalese troops and Nigerian fighter jets were sent to the capital, Banjul, to enforce the outcome of Barrow\u2019s election victory in December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s parliament passed a law in December 2017 to establish a Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to probe state crimes committed during Jammeh\u2019s reign, which was characterized by a violent clampdown on dissent and opposition parties and pledges to kill homosexuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand for justice for all crimes committed against the population. No one is above the law,\u201d Barrow said in an interview in Banjul on Wednesday. If the commission recommends a trial then Jammeh \u201cwill face the full force of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July, Barrow initiated a separate commission of inquiry to identify Jammeh\u2019s assets and probe whether they were legally acquired.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh, 52, who lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea, was sanctioned last month by the U.S for alleged human-rights abuses and corruption during his reign. Gambia doesn\u2019t have an extradition treaty with Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/427481\/400x225_427481.jpg?1516897200\" alt=\"Adama Barrow will favour Jammeh's extradition to face justice\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 27, 2018: \u00a0Gambian President Adama Barrow has said he will favour the extradition of his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, if a commission of inquiry into human-rights abuses during the former ruler\u2019s 22-year reign recommends that he stands trial. Jammeh\u2019s two-decade rule of the tiny West African nation came to an end in January 2017 after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;I will favour Jammeh&#039;s extradition to face justice on\u00a0human-rights abuses&quot;-\u00a0Adama Barrow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;I will favour Jammeh&#039;s extradition to face justice on\u00a0human-rights abuses&quot;-\u00a0Adama Barrow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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