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NHRC Validates Perception Survey on TRRC White Paper Implementation
NHRC Chairperson Emmanuel Daniel Joof
By Makutu Manneh
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in partnership with stakeholders, on Thursday validated a perception survey on the implementation of the Truth, Reconciliation, and…
Victims Center and UNDP Unveil Documentary and Photo Exhibition on Human Rights Violations
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has officially launched a documentary and photo exhibition documenting human rights…
Press release: The election and appointment of Mrs. Janet Ramatoulie Sallah – Njie as…
BANJUL, 20 October, 2021:
The 39th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union held on 14th and 15th October, 2021 in the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia successfully…
Speaker Denton Vows Parliament’s Protection Of Human Rights
By Landing Ceesay
The Speaker of the parliament vowed that her institution would stay true to the course of justice and the protection of human rights.
Speaker Jack-Denton made the remarks at the two-day training by the National Human…
The Gambia secures a seat at the UN Human Rights Council
BANJUL, 14 October 2021:
After 2 years of hard campaign, The Gambia through its Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, made history on successfully securing a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the…
Faal Not Confident President Barrow Would Implement TRRC Report
By Buba Gagigo
Independent presidential aspirant and former TRRC lead counsel Essa Mbaye Faal is not confident that president Adama Barrow would implement TRRC report upon submission.
“I have zero confidence that the current…
Government Extends Mandate Of TRRC By Two Months
The Chairman of the Truth Commission has informed that the Government has extended the mandate of the commission by 8 weeks.
He added that the mandate extension followed a request by the commission through the…
Mother Had To Withdraw Kids From School After Losing Livelihood For Opposing Jammeh
By Kebba Jeffang
A fifty-six-year-old mother, Kumba Kora, has withdrawn all her three school-going children because she couldn’t afford their education.
Hailing from Tambasangsang in the Upper River Region,…
EU Stands ready to take action to protect human rights defenders
By Arfang M.S. Camara
European Union in the Gambia has announced the beginning of a campaign # Breakthesilence# to protect human right defenders in the country.
The diplomatic unit of the EU bloc made this controversial pledge on…
Switzerland: Another ‘Jammeh associate’ in legal trouble
The timber case is the second high-profile case the Trial International has brought against a former ally of ex-president Yahya Jammeh in less than 3 years. In January 2017, the international rights watchdog lodged a criminal complaint…