Gambian Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko’s trial
Switzerland's national flag is displayed on the Swiss Federal Criminal Court/Reuters.
Trial held for the former Gambian Interior Minister, Ousman Sonko, who has been charged with crimes against humanity relating to torture, kidnapping, sexual violence and unlawful killings under then-President Yahya Jammeh.
Sonko was interior minister from 2006 to 2016 when he fled to Sweden and on to Switzerland, where he applied for asylum. In 2017, Sonko was arrested by Swiss police.
The Geneva-based legal group TRIAL International filed a complaint under the principle of universal jurisdiction, allowing for the prosecution of the most serious crimes irrespective of where they were committed.
He’s the highest-level former official to be tried under the principle of universal jurisdiction in Europe.
Aljazeera/Agencies.
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