Gambia: Rights Group Hails Bojangs’ Acquittal, Calls for Accountability and Reparations –

By: Fatou Krubally

The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) has welcomed the acquittal of Ousainou Bojang and his sister, Amie Bojang, and called on the government to take urgent measures to address what it described as a grave miscarriage of justice.

In a statement issued on 31 March, the Centre commended the ruling of Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, who on 30 March acquitted and discharged the two after more than two years of trial.

Ousainou Bojang had been charged in…