Gambia, Unlawful Detention Of Soldiers Continues.

As of July 5th 2017 when Foroyaa published this list of soldiers. The soldiers have been held for a long time without trial.

1. Ismaila Jammeh, WO Class 1 
2. Pa Sanneh,    WO Class 1
3. Alieu Jeng, WO Class 1
4. Abdoulie Jallow alias Jallino, WO Class 2. He is a native of Giboro.
5. Staff Sergeant Lamin Sambou
6. Staff Sergeant Lamin Badgie 
7. Staff Sergeant Amadou Badgie
8. Staff Sergeant Omar Jallow alias Oya 
9. Lt Malick Jatta 
10. Staff Sergeant Musa Johnson.

Following the publication of the list, the authorities contacted Foroyaa stating that Musa Johnson was no longer in custody.

Background: Family sources claim Major Wally Nyang is said to have been arrested and detained on 3 March 2010; But fellow detainees Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow from Giboro Kuta village in the West Coast Region; Lance Corporal Sang Mendy of Tumani Tenda village; and WO2 Bai Lowe from Fass Njaga Choi of the North Bank Region; were arrested on 8 July 2010, at their guard post in Kanilai, President Yahya Jammeh’s home village.
Major Wally Nyang, Warrant Officer 2 Bai Lowe, Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow and Lance Corporal Sang Mendy were granted bail in absentia as the prison authorities failed to bring them to court, a trend responsible for denial of justice in the country. kibarro...

Gambia’s High Court in Banjul on Wednesday 14 March 2012, ordered the release of four of the five military personnel who have been in detention for 1-year 8 months without any known crime.

Major Wally Nyang, Warrant Officer Bai Lowe, Staff Sergeant Abdoulie Jallow, Lance Corporal Sang Mendy and ex-Lance Corporal Abdoulie were reportedly arrested in June 2010 at the military post at President Jammeh’s home village of Kanilai in the West Coast Region.
They were since then being kept at the central prisons Mile 2 situated at the outskirts of Banjul.
The Gambia Armed Forces had repeatedly denied knowledge of their detention....Binta bah blog.