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Victim Center denounces Henry Gomez’s statement over April 10 & 11 students
The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations said it is deeply concerned by the recent remarks of the Presidential Adviser Hon. Henry Gomez referencing the brutality meted at the victims of April 10 & 11, 2000 student…
2006 foiled coup: Witness say Junglers torturing people were under influence of alcohol
Another witness claims General Alagie Martin was part of the team that torture suspects of the 2006 foiled coup plot
Demba Dem, a native of Nyakoi village, has told the Truth Commission that the Junglers and members of the State…
Woman implicates Baba Jobe, Chief Jarjusey in her illegal detention
A TRRC witness on Monday, Kasamanding Keita, implicates chief of Mansakonko Yahya Jarjusey in her 1 month, 10 days illegal detention.
Kasamanding Keita, a woman mobiliser for the United Democratic Party, has implicated the chief of…
GDC leader visits victims of CRR devastating windstorm
A windstorm in Central and Upper River Regions on Wednesday has killed 3 people, displaced several others.
Mama Kandeh, the leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress, has visited communities in Central River Region that were devastated by…
DUGA condemns “inflammatory” speeches at President’s Brikama rally
The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists (DUGA) has condemned “inflammatory speeches” made at a Brikama rally organized by the Barrow Fans Club.
Several Gambians were outraged when presidential adviser Henry Gomez threatened protesters…
General Martin confirms Bunja’s story on fake coup speech
Following the 2006 coup, several high-profile Gambian soldiers were arrested and paraded before the National Television for confession.
In their midst was Captain Bunja Darboe reading what was then thought to be their victory speech…
Gambia backslides to Tier 3 on U.S 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report
A 2018 investigations by Kerr Fatou into trafficking in Gambia also exposed the lack of commitment by authorities in prosecuting traffickers
Gambia has reverted from Tier 2 Watch-list to Tier 3 on the United States Trafficking in Person…
General Martin admits to beating Sanna “mercilessly”
The Thursday session of Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission has welcome General Alagie Martin, a warrant officer class 2 in 1994 who was implicated in several gruesome tortures on orders of the former president Yahya…
Lawmakers approve D200, 000 final pay to Commissioners of Janneh Commission
The lawmakers have on Wednesday approved a payment of GMD 200, 000 to 3 commissioners of the Janneh Commission, the inquiry established to look into the financial dealings of the former president Yahya Jammeh and his associates.
The…
2006 coup: Bunja Darboe suggests Daba Marenah, others were killed
A witness of the Truth Commission said the speech read on national television reportedly written by 2006 coup plotters was written under duress to implicate the allege perpetrators
Following a foiled coup plot in 2006 by close to a…