TRRC chairman Dr Lamin J Sise said today his probe intends to conclude its public hearings during the first week of October, 2020.
The TRRC began public hearings in January 2019 and it plans to end the exercise in October this year.
“The rest of the year will be devoted to preparation of the final report of the TRRC. As and when required, occasional public hearings may be convened,” Dr Sise said at the start of the 13th session.
He added: The evidence adduced before the Commission during the above-mentioned public hearings shows gross human rights violations against the Gambian people. During the last session, we also heard the gruesome accounts of the decapitation and dismemberment of the bodies of detainees to be fed to crocodiles at Jammeh’s residence in Kanilai.
“These wanton acts of barbarity defied all standards of human decency and constituted gross violations of the rights of not just the victims, their families, but also those of all Gambians.
“Since the TRRC’s public hearings began, the conscience of the nation is being repeatedly shocked by the revelations of sheer brutality meted out to victims. The revelations have also sparked a serious national conversation and soul-searching that seeks to understand just how such acts of barbarity could happen in this country.”
