Face to face with death: Female detainee catalogs systematic torture in The Gambia while in detention

The Gambia’s horrific human rights records is once again on the spotlight as Nogoi Njie who was arrested with a group of youth activists in April explains how she was brutally tortured while in detention. The degrading physical treatment came in the form of stripping her naked and hanging her from a ceiling wall head down while a group of men in hoods and gloves continuously beat her for over ten hours.

Below is her affidavit which was filed in court: