EVERY PERSON CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENCE HAS A RIGHT TO...
Having a counsel is a constitutional right. Section 24 (3) paragraph (d) of the Constitution states,
“Every person who is charged with a criminal offence...
How will the Gambian people gain respect?
Countries have to have instruments, institutions, governments, policies, plans, programmes comprising a system which could either bring about liberty, dignity and prosperity or enslavement,...
CASE TRANSFER IS FRAUGHT WITH COMPLICATIONS Is justice being brought to...
The trial of 25 April 14 arrestees - Fatoumata Jawara, Nogoi Njie and others – has faced another setback. The first proceeding since its...
NO MORE SAFE HAVEN FOR LEADERS WHO COMMIT WAR CRIMES AND...
The verdict in the trial of Chad's ex-president Hissene Habre has demonstrated that former African leaders who have committed war crimes and crimes against...
SENEGAL AND ITS NATIONAL CONFERENCE WHAT IS PRESIDENT JAMMEH WAITING FOR?
The Macky Sall administration has seen the need to convene a national conference comprising all the political leaders, religious leaders, civic leaders and academia...
IS BAIL A PRIVILEGE OR A RIGHT?
The courts are established to prevent miscarriage of justice. They are meant to be impartial and independent tribunals that would deliver justice without fear...
Will the cases connected to the April 14 and 16 incidents...
Will the cases connected to the April 14 and 16 incidents continue while Solo Sandeng’s whereabouts is still unknown?
Justice has two pillars; it must...
AFRICA LIBERATION DAY Which way for Africa beyond 2016? Gambia is...
President Jammeh has declared the country an Islamic state even though
it is not an Islamic state.
He is also referred to as a promoter of...
FAMILIES OF ARRESTEES SEARCH FOR THEIR LOVED ONES
Reports are coming to Foroyaa indicating missing relatives who are believed to have been arrested on the 9 May 2016 and are now kept...
The Judiciary in Focus
The arrestees of 14 and 16 April incidents have rights which deserve to be respected.
It is more than a month since the arrestees were...
The Courts as Instruments for the Protection of Justice
The granting of bail is the recognition of the principle of the presumption of innocence before the acknowledgement or the establishment of guilt.
Every judicial...
DECEMBER 1st IS NEAR BUT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TRIALS ARE STILL ONGOING...
The Elections Amendment Act 2015 has not prevented the number of opposition parties increasing to eight. Hence currently there are nine registered political parties...
THE CASE IS NOT PROCEEDING BUT BAIL IS DENIED
The courts are intended not only to administer law but also to protect rights.
The presumption of innocence is the fundamental right of any accused...
THE BORDER CLOSURE AND THE NEGOTIATIONS
The dispute between the Gambian and Senegalese authorities started as a result of increment in tariffs. The Senegalese transport unions resisted the payment of...
Those involved or affected by the incidents of 14 and 16...
Out of the 14 April incident, 19 were brought to court. Now seven persons who were previously missing are added to the list giving...
Debate on tactics in the Diaspora on how to change Gambia...
The sentencing of prominent Gambians like Cherno Njie, Papa Faal, Banka Manneh and Alagie Saidy Barrow to prison terms combined with parole in the...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CASES AND CRIMINAL CASES
Foroyaa has been counseling those who govern to distinguish
politically motivated cases from criminal cases.
There can be no government without political opponents and differencesbetween them....
RIGIDITY IS NOT THE SIGN OF MATURE GOVERNMENTS
The battle for political power could take many forms and those who govern have more interest in a contest for political power which takes...
Hard heartedness or vindictiveness is the mother of all evils
Those who control State’s instrument of violence and other powers over the life of others must temper justice with mercy.
Mercy is not what the...
Judges and Magistrates need security of tenure
There can be no independence of the judiciary if the magistrates and judges could be removed without any form of judicial enquiry.
Those who administer...
