By RFPosted on 21-11-2019Modified on 21-11-2019 at 23:59
The truth commission has just spent the week in the village of Jambur, an hour away from the capital Banjul. This village and other localities were the scene of a raid between January and February 2009. A total of 1,000 people were arrested across the country, according to Amnesty International. People suspected of being witches or witches were arrested and forced to drink a hallucinogenic drink. Several elderly people have been targeted.
Victims are in their 50s, 65s and 80s when they are abducted. Foreign marabouts designate them, while young political activists arrest them. They call themselves " Green Boys " because of their green dress, the color of Yahya Jammeh's party.
These young men force the victims to drink a decoction and then conduct interrogations , remembers Sukai Jallow. " One of these Green Boys came to me and asked me how many people I had killed and eaten since last year. I told him that I have never eaten anyone in my life. "
These young political activists called "Green Boys" participate in the torture and humiliation of their elders . Three women told the same story, described here by Fatou Sowe. " Before leaving they asked us to wash with the same decoction. They ordered us to undress and to stand naked in front of these young men so that they could pour us a decoction on the body and rub us from head to toe. These young men could have been our grandchildren. "
In the village of Jambur about fifty people arrested, the witch hunt killed 18 people.
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