{"id":23111,"date":"2022-10-21T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ex-jungler-bai-lowe-denies-charges-in-germany"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:51:48","slug":"ex-jungler-bai-lowe-denies-charges-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ex-jungler-bai-lowe-denies-charges-in-germany","title":{"rendered":"EX-JUNGLER BAI LOWE DENIES CHARGES IN GERMANY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>A former Gambian soldier, Bai Lowe, standing trial in Germany accused of belonging to the Junglers, a death squad that assassinated opponents of former president Yahya Jammeh, including journalist Deyda Hydara, yesterday denied the charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not participate in these acts,\u201d Bai Lowe\u2019s lawyer told the court in the northern town of Celle, reading a statement by the accused.<\/p>\n

Lowe, 47, who is charged with crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder, including the 2004 killing of Deyda Hydara, founder and editor of The Point newspaper, listened intently to the English translation of the declaration read out in German.<\/p>\n

In it, Lowe said he had merely repeated in the past what other people had told him about the facts of the case. Explaining previous statements in media interviews that appeared to incriminate him, Lowe told the court that he had intended to demonstrate to his fellow Gambians how cruel Jammeh\u2019s regime was.<\/p>\n

Lowe, who went on trial in April, is accused of involvement in two murders and one attempted murder while working as a driver for the Junglers between December 2003 and December 2006.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch has called the proceedings \u201cthe first to prosecute human rights violations committed in The Gambia during the Jammeh era on the basis of universal jurisdiction\u201d.<\/p>\n

Universal jurisdiction allows a foreign country to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, regardless of where they were committed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Betrays common sense\u2019 Deyda Hydara was editor and co-founder of The Point and a correspondent for AFP for more than 30 years. The father-of-four also worked as a Gambia correspondent for the Reporters Without Borders campaign group.<\/p>\n

He was gunned down in his car in Kanifing on 16th December 2004. Lowe is accused of having helped stop Hydara\u2019s car before driving one of the killers in his own vehicle.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent to AFP, Hydara\u2019s son Baba said he rejected Lowe\u2019s account to the judges. \u201cAs a victim and a plaintiff in this case I feel disappointed, insulted and cheated by (this) statement that betrays common sense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hydara\u2019s lawyer, Patrick Kroker, added that \u201cthe statement of the accused seems made up and incomplete. Moreover, it has already been contradicted on several occasions by the evidence collected so far\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a step backwards in the search for the truth for the victims of Yahya Jammeh,\u201d Kroker told AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe assume that the court will not give any credence to this statement.\u201d The attorney for Ida Jagne, who was in Hydara\u2019s car when he was killed, also dismissed Lowe\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statement is extremely not credible… because the accounts he gave in interviews were very detailed: who participated, what happened,\u201d Jagne\u2019s lawyer Peer Stolle told reporters outside the courtroom.<\/p>\n

Lowe arrived in Europe via Senegal in December 2012, saying he was seeking asylum as a political refugee who feared for his life under Jammeh. He was detained on the charges in Germany in March 2021.<\/p>\n

Five former members of the intelligence service were sentenced to death by a Gambian court only in July this year for the murder of political activist Solo Sandeng during Jammeh\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/b><\/p>\n

Source: The Gambia | Standard News From The Gambia<\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. 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