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Government that lies and threatens citizens endangers human rights
The Jotna Movement staged their protest on December 16 in peace and calm and in total obedience to the requirements of the police permit. Not a single report of violence or hate speech was reported. Yet before the protest, The Gambia…
Development implications of a bloated security sector
By Dr. Ousman Gajigo
The World Bank recently carried out a public expenditure review of the security sector in The Gambia, of which the draft report it out. Its broad findings shouldn't be news to most people following developments in…
Three years ‘jotna’ must reject the IGP’s permit and demand re-negotiation
The right to protest is not a charity from the Gambia Government to the people of the Gambia. It is the fundamental right of the citizen guaranteed in the Constitution. The Constitution makes it clearly that this right cannot be denied…
GDC must reject IGP’s letter: IGP is not the king of the Gambia
Once again, the past is visited upon us as the IGP decided to deny a legally registered political party, the Gambia Democratic Congress from holding a political rally without any basis in law. At the same time the IGP has also decided to…
International Human Rights Day: Where do the Gambia youth stand?
The Theme for this year’s International Human Rights Day is: Youth Standing Up for Human Rights. In its statement the United Nations provided a justification of this year’s theme as thus, “Under our universal call to action "Stand Up for …
Gambians can address widening inequalities in transformative capabilities
Gambia makes progress in human development
By Aissata De
This week, Gambians joined the rest of the World in launching the Global Human Development Report examining inequalities in human development in the 21st century. The Human…
On the Draft Constitution, the glass is half full, half empty for media
Issues in summary:
On media and freedom of expression rights, the zero draft records many firsts in the constitutional building process in the country
A number of limitations, however, are not justifiable in a democratic state and…
Misconceptions and misinformation about secularity
Since the release of the draft constitution two weeks ago a growing struggle over the soul of the nation has been brewing up over a single word, ‘secularity’. The fact that the CRC did not mention the word at all yet in their draft they…
IGP must investigate and prosecute the death of Fatou Sanyang of Bwiam
Why has the Inspector General of Police failed to arrest the driver of the vehicle alleged to have fatally knocked the five-year old girl Fatou Sanyang and three other people in Bwiam in the convoy of the President? Murder is a capital…
December 1st. ruined expectations. Time to wake up!
What is your worth as a human being? What are your rights and duties as a citizen? What is a Republic? What is the purpose of Government? Why is the majority of Gambians poor and deprived of basic social services and economic…