Gambia has executed nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September, rights group Amnesty International says. "Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine persons were executed last night [Thursday] in Gambia and that more persons are under threat of imminent executions today and in the coming days," the rights body said in a statement on Thursday. A Gambian security source told the AFP news agency that all 47 death row prisoners had on Thursday night been "transferred to one place" but he and other sources could not confirm the executions. "The man is determined to execute the prisoners and he will do so," the...
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