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Arrest and detention by the police must be necessary and in line with human rights
Since the group of youths including Raptivist Killa Ace were arrested and detained and then released on bailed on Monday August 19 they are yet to appear before any court of law. Rather they have been asked to be reporting to police…
Police freed Killa Ace on bail
A popular Gambian artist who has been arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a protest in Serrakunda has been released on a police bail on Monday.
The rapper’s colleagues and activists have said he was denied visitor since…
Popular rapper Killa Ace denied police bail
By Sally Jobe
A popular Gambian rapper and activist, Killa Ace, has been denied a police bail on Monday, his lawyer told journalists at a press conference in Banjul.
The artist was also held incommunicado, said his colleagues, a…
Reprisal is dictatorship: Free Killa Ace and the youths
Arson, vandalism and stone throwing are not part of freedom of assembly and those who engage in such must be apprehended to face the law. What happened to Notorious Officer Gorgui Mboob’s House and the ransacking of Police stations in…
Activist Killa Ace, others charged in connection to July Serrakunda protest
A popular Gambian rapper and activist, Ali Cham commonly known as Killa Ace, has been arrested by police with dozen other youths in connection to a protest in July against the death of a Sierra Leonean national Ousman Darboe.
Darboe, a…
Four Junglers released from state custody
Barely 24 hours after Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou met the victims at the Victims Centre, four Junglers have been released from state custody.
The army spokesperson Major Lamin Sanyang told Kerr Fatou that Malick Jatta, Omar…
Justice Minister meet victims over release of Junglers
Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou has met with dozen of victims of human rights violations of former President Yahya Jammeh amidst controversy over his planned release of Junglers.
The three Junglers, Omar Jallow, Malick Jatta and…
There is a third option: Charge the Junglers
By Muhammad Sosseh,
Maryland, USA
In the Attorney General’s attempt to rationalize the recommendation to release confessed killers to the society, he gave the victims and Gambians a false choice between on the one hand releasing the…
Truck carrying timber refuses to stop at ECOMIG checkpoint, injuring soldiers on guard
A truck carrying logs has overran a military checkpoint at Bwiam causing injury to ECOMIG soldiers on guard, the police said on Friday. The Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe said he has noted with deep concern that “some drivers are…
Veteran Gambian journalist Pap Saine named 2019 Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year
A veteran Gambian journalist and colleague of killed journalist Deyda Hydara, Pap Saine, has been named 2019 Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in America.
The award was…