A detained official from Gambia’s main opposition movement died in hospital over the weekend, his United Democratic Party said, its second member to lose their life in custody since the start of a crackdown on protests. Solo Krummah was arrested with 14 others on May 9 during rallies calling for electoral reform, and died on Saturday after an operation at the Edward Francis’s Small Teaching Hospital in the capital Banjul, the UDP said. State Department spokesman Mark Toner called for an “independent investigation of all credible allegations of torture and abuse” and urged Gambia to release all political prisoners and halt its crackdown on opposition politicians.
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Jailed Gambia opposition official dies in hospital: party
