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ARTICLE 19 today urged The Gambia to immediately drop the charges of false information and…
STATEMENT
The Gambia: drop the charges of false information and broadcasting against human rights activist Madi Jobarteh…
THE BAR CALLS ON THE PRESIDENCY TO FOLLOW DUE PROCESS IN EXTENDING STATE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY ( SOPE)
PRESS STATEMENT
The Gambia Bar Association has noted with great concern the successive declarations of a State of Public Emergency (SOPE) by the President of the Republic on the 19th May 2020, 10th June 2020, 1st July 2020 and 7th…
Foreign Minister Tangara assures Cuban Ambassador of Gambia’s support at the International fora
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Monday 6th July 2020 received the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, H.E. Sr. Ruben Abelenda, at his office in Banjul.
In his opening statement, Minister Tangara…
State of Public Emergency Declared
State House, Banjul, 7th July 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34(6) of the 1997 Constitution, His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia has declared a State of Public Emergency…
Statement by the Chair, Dr. Lamin J. Sise, at the opening of the Fifteenth Session of the TRRC’s…
On Thursday, June 25, 2020 the TRRC concluded its fourteenth three-week session of public hearings. During that session, 21 witnesses appeared before the Commission. The total number of witnesses appearing before the Commission since the…
Statement by the Gambian Civil Society on the state of Freedom of Expression and other matters of…
When Gambians decided for a change of leadership, they indeed voted out a leader but not him alone but the system that kept him entrenched and allowed him to violate our rights as a people repeatedly. We, as a people were elated and…
President Barrow sends condolences to the family of late Alhajie Banding Drammeh
State House, Banjul, 3rd July 2020
On behalf of his government, the people of The Gambia and on his own behalf, His Excellency, President Adama Barrow expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of the erudite scholar and…
President Barrow appeals for unity as he swears-in new Justice Minister
State House, Banjul, July 2, 2020
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has appealed for unity in preserving peace and stability of the country, as the new Attorney General and Minister of Justice takes oath of office today.
The…
State of Public Emergency Extends for Seven Days
State House, Banjul, 1st July 2020
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow in consultation with the Ministerial Sub-Committee on COVID-19 and based on the advice given by the Health Experts’ Committee of the Ministry of Health has…