{"id":91541,"date":"2025-12-08T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:02:11","slug":"sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice","title":{"rendered":"Sandeng Criticizes Government on Delayed Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Muhammed Sandeng, son of the late Ebrima Solo Sandeng, has strongly criticized the Gambian government for what he describes as its poor handling of justice and accountability for victims of former President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s regime.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sandeng said recent government actions\u2014including President Adama Barrow\u2019s visit to Jammeh\u2019s home village and his political alliance with Jammeh\u2019s associates\u2014send a troubling message, especially when the president has never visited the Victims\u2019 Center. He also noted that the current Speaker of the National Assembly hails from Jammeh\u2019s political camp.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sandeng, President Barrow\u2019s failure to visit the Victims\u2019 Center is particularly striking given that he has already attended Senegal\u2019s Thiaroye massacre commemoration twice. He recalled that victims\u2019 families met the president in March last year, during which Barrow pledged to visit the center once invited. \u201cBut we are still waiting for the visit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sandeng expressed deep frustration and a growing sense of hopelessness among victims\u2019 families. Instead of progress, he said, many are experiencing renewed trauma and diminished expectations of justice. \u201cYou have perpetrators getting reinstated in government, cozying up with government. So all of that\u2014there is not much hope that the government would have done something if Jammeh returns,\u201d he said during a recent interview on Kerr Fatou.<\/p>\n<p>He added that many victims doubt Jammeh would be prosecuted immediately should he return to the country. President Barrow\u2019s silence and lack of visible action, he said, give victims the impression that they have been abandoned. \u201cThere has been no seriousness shown to children like me who never saw their fathers again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sandeng argued that Barrow\u2019s recent public responses to Jammeh appear driven more by political survival than by a genuine commitment to justice. \u201cIt is more necessary to consolidate power than to do the things you promised you were going to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging ongoing efforts to build cases against perpetrators and the creation of a special judicial division to handle them, Sandeng emphasized that true justice requires political will. Families, he stressed, continue to wait for answers, closure, and meaningful action.<\/p>\n<p>He underscored the government\u2019s responsibility to identify and return victims\u2019 remains, deliver reparations, and ensure that all perpetrators face justice. Sandeng praised the reparations commission\u2019s work but said urgent steps are still needed to address the long-standing suffering of victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Muhammed Sandeng, son of the late Ebrima Solo Sandeng, has strongly criticized the Gambian government for what he describes as its poor handling of justice and accountability for victims of former President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s regime. Sandeng said recent government actions\u2014including President Adama Barrow\u2019s visit to Jammeh\u2019s home village and his political alliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sandeng Criticizes Government on Delayed Justice - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Muhammed Sandeng, son of the late Ebrima Solo Sandeng, has strongly criticized the Gambian government for what he des ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandeng Criticizes Government on Delayed Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Muhammed Sandeng, son of the late Ebrima Solo Sandeng, has strongly criticized the Gambian government for what he des ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T09:51:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T10:02:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765175413.946553.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sandeng Criticizes Government on Delayed Justice\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T09:51:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-08T10:02:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\"},\"wordCount\":417,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765175413.946553.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sandeng-criticizes-government-on-delayed-justice\",\"name\":\"Sandeng Criticizes Government on Delayed Justice - 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