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Coalition of activists seek Jammeh’s extradition to Ghana
The former boss of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) of Ghana, Justice Emile Short, has on Thursday urged president Ado to seek extradition of Jammeh to Ghana to face justice.
A coalition of activists and…
‘Gambia will cooperate in unearthing truth about killed Ghanaians’- Jawo
Forty-four Ghanaians and a number of other nationals including Nigerians totaling fifty have been allegedly killed by hit-men of the former autocratic ruler Jammeh.
The spokesperson of the Gambia Government, Demba Jawo, has told Kerr…
HOW JAMMEH MURDERED GHANAIAN MIGRANTS
Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh
A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh summarily executed more than 50 Ghanaian, Nigerian, and other West African migrants in July 2005, Human Rights Watch…
GAMBIA: ACTIVISTS TO RELEASE NEW EVIDENCE IN 2005 GHANAIAN MASSACRE
Activists said they have garnered new evidences in the 2005 killings in The Gambia of 50 West African migrants.
Prominent international human rights groups, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International, have gathered evidences on the…
‘GOV’T STILL COMMITTED TO MEDIA LAW REFORM’—JAWO ON SUPREME COURT RULING
Gambia has emerged from a dictatorship that exiled over 200 journalists within a span of 22 years, according to the Gambia Press Union.
Information and Communication minister Demba Jawo has assured that the Adama Barrow administration…
GOV’T APPROVES TV LICENCE FOR AHMADIYYA JAMAAT
The application for a TV license by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat has caused widespread anger among the Sunni clerics in Gambia who think the group should not be allowed to operate a TV.
The Government of The Gambia has on Thursday…
GAMBIA’S SUPERIOR COURT TO RULE ON CONSTITUTIONALITY OF “BAD” MEDIA LAWS
The panel of judges at the country’s top court will issue a verdict as to whether false publication is constitutional or not
The Supreme Court of The Gambia will on Wednesday rule over the constitutionality of false news and false…
OIC BACK GAMBIA’S CAUSE IN DEFENDING RIGHTS OF ROHINGYAS
Gambia heads the ad-hoc OIC ministerial committee for addressing the "Accountability issue for the violation of human rights against the Rohingya in Myanmar".
The 45th annual meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the…
‘SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CHANGES’ IN GAMBIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS CLIMATE’—U.S. STATE DEPT.
Gambia has made significant improvement in ensuring freedom of expression, jumping 22 places on the 2018 freedom of expression index of the Reporters Without Borders.
The United States Department of State has released its 2017 Human…