Human rights

The environmental activists from Gunjur who were arrested and charged to court for removing the “toxic waste” disposal pipes of Golden Lead Fishmeal processing plant have been acquitted and discharged on Thursday. The activists, Alhagie…

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.  By Mustapha K Darboe Six thousand five hundred and sixty (6560) Gambian nationals living in…

This is the third serious incident in a few days, reported an English-language daily newspaper, Malta Times An unnamed Gambian migrant worker in Malta was seriously injured in a construction site accident on Wednesday morning, reported…

Over the weekend of December 14, the APRC party held their Congress in an unsavoury classroom in Bwiam where they issued a very tragic resolution confirming former dictator Yaya Jammeh as their party leader and flagbearer as well as…

Former president Yahya Jammeh faces several allegations of murder and torture during his 22-year rule. The delegates at the congress of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction Party (APRC) have elected former president…

Gambian media remembers murdered journalist Deyda Hydara Justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou said the administration of president Adama Barrow will ensure that the good governance wishes and aspirations of Gambians are realized after…

By Demba A. Jawo, former communications and information minister It is 14 years since the brutal murder of Deyda Hydara by yet unknown assassins, and we are still not much wiser as to who may have been responsible for the heinous crime…

Ordinary men and women need support in their fight to claim and protect their liberties, and their natural protectors are the courts. 1            Introduction I want to share with you my thoughts on judicial reform in The Gambia against…

Gambia’s Ministry of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday that they have “learnt with great appreciation” the decision by the United States to place an entry ban on former president Yahya Jammeh, wife and his two kids. The US announced…

The son and the daughter of the former Gambian president were both born in U.S. The U.S. State Department said former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family are now ineligible for entry into the United States.…