Nogoi Njie

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Nogoi Njie (also spelled Nogoye Njie , born 1965 ) is a Gambian politician and a victim of torture .

Life

Njie was involved in the Women's Wing of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and was Deputy Vice President of the sub-organization from at least 2016.

On April 14, 2016, she was arrested at Westfield Junction in Serekunda together with Fatoumatta K. Jawara , Solo Sandeng and others who had called for electoral reform and the resignation of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh . A total of 25 people were arrested and detained without charge for longer than the 72 hours prescribed by the Gambian constitution .

On May 11, 2016, she made an affidavit while still held in Mile 2 prison . After the arrest, she was taken to the headquarters of the Gambian intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). She detailed how she was tortured and said she saw Solo Sandeng, who she believed was dead, and who was also tortured. Sandeng's death was announced by the authorities on June 13, 2016 for no further reason.

On July 21, 2016, 11 of the people involved were sentenced to prison terms. An appeal process was still ongoing in mid-November 2016.

She was released after the Gambian President Adama Barrow took office .

She was forced to give up her job as a business woman due to damage to her health from the torture. In October 2018, a request for financial and medical help attracted attention. She subsequently received support from the mayoress of Banjuls, Rohey Malick Lowe , and the Gambian First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, among others .

In early 2019, she testified as a witness in a court case against Yankuba Badjie , the former head of the Gambian intelligence agency , the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). She repeated the statements made in 2016 and gave further details. Accordingly, after staying in Mile 2 prison, she was first taken to Mansa Konko and later to Janjanbureh prison. Because of an illness, she was treated in the hospital in Bansang .

At the end of October 2019, she repeated and specified her statements before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission to come to terms with Jammeh's reign.

Njie lives in Manduar and has five daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UDP's Nogoi Njie testifies in Yankuba Badjie & Co trial. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Yankuba Jallow: Gambia: In the NIA 9 Case - UDP's Nogoi Njie Commences Testimony. January 17, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 .
  3. ^ Gambia: Lawyer Darboe, Party Executives Arrested Amid Protest. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Gambia: UDP Holds Rally in Brikama. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Jula Says: Gambia: Detained Businesswoman Narrates Harrowing Torture. In: Jollofnews. May 12, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Gambia: 23 Westfield Protestors Not Yet Released. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gambia: 25 Westfield Arrestees Trial Stalls At Mansakonko High Court Due to Absence of Accused Persons in Court. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Gambia 2017. Accessed August 11, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Gambia: Fatoumatta Jawara, 10 Others Imprisoned. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Gambia: Appeal of Fatoumatta Jawara, 10 Others Suffers Setback. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Gambia: "The Right Side of History" - Gambians Seek Justice After Jammeh's Fall. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Fatu Camara: Mayoress Lowe Visits Torture Victim Nogoi Njie. In: The Fatu Network. October 29, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ elegentcoders: Banjul Mayoress Lowe donates over D50,000 to Nogoi Njie. In: Kerr Fatou. October 29, 2018, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Fatu Camara: First Lady Bah Barrow Visits Nogoi Njie. In: The Fatu Network. October 29, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2019 (American English).
  15. ↑ Nogoi Njie: Solo Sandeng which severely beaten by NIA officers. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Tamba Mansary asked me to undress and lie on the table: Nogoi Njie. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Gambia: In the NIA 9 Case - UDP's Nogoi Njie Commences Testimony. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Gambia: UDP's Nogoi Njie Continues Testimony. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Gambia: In the NIA Nine Case - Nogoi Njie Narrates Treatment At NIA's Clinic. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Nogoye Njie accuses Jammeh's feared NIA of killing Solo Sandeng. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Njie, Nogoi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Njie, Nogoye
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician and victim of torture
DATE OF BIRTH 1965