Aug 24
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh Vows To Execute All Death Row Inmates By Mid-September
Posted in: Today's ChiliHuman rights groups and foreign governments have denounced Gambian president Yahya Jammeh after he promised this week to execute every death row prisoner in Gambia by mid-September.
“All those guilty of serious crimes and are condemned will face the full force of the law,” Jammeh said on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“By the middle of next month, all the death sentences would have been carried out to the letter. There is no way my government will allow 99% of the population to be held to ransom by criminals,” he said.
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