Friday, April 19, 2024

Human Rights

ICC And UN Call To Mobilise Humanity Against Crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today kicked off an campaign in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong...

Gambia Submits Human Rights Report to African Commission

Gambia on Thursday 2nd May 2019 submitted its first state report in twenty-five years on the African Charter on Human and People`s Rights to...

Gambia: Key Human Rights Concerns Highlighted In A Meeting With President...

During a meeting with President Adama Barrow in the capital Banjul today, Amnesty International delegates noted the major progress made in the two years...

Dock Workers Demand for Justice

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Dock and Maritime Workers Union are still demanding for justice from the government through Gambia Ports Authority. “We want a dock...

TRRC Update: ...

The TRRC ended its fourth three-week session of hearings on Thursday, April 25, 2019. During this session, 16 witnesses testified before the Commission, bringing...

High Level Conference On Safeguarding Human Rights In The Gambia Underway

By Awa B. Bah Article 19 on Monday 29th April 2019 commenced a half day high level conference and training of the National Assembly Select...

Sanna Sabally Gives Graphic Details Of Torture And Murder

By Yankuba Jallow Sanna B. Sabally, an erstwhile vice chairman of the defunct AFPRC has given graphic details of tortures supervised by Brigadier-General Alagie Martin. While...

Sanna Sabally Confesses to Gross Atrocities He Committed

By Yankuba Jallow Sanna B. Sabally has made some confessions before the TRRC about his involvement in the killings and gross human rights violations of...

Furious TRRC Witness Admits Responsibility Of 8 Deaths

By Momodou Jarju Babucarr Jatta, the former Chief of Defense Staff has admitted before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that he failed to...

TRRC: Mum Lost Consciousness After Her Only Son Died Mysteriously

By Momodou Jarju Ya Bajen Ceesay Jaiteh, the younger sister of late Ousman Koro Ceesay, said their mother, Fatoumatta Sanyang, lost consciousness when she heard the death...

TRRC Exhumes Remains of 7 November 11 Fallen Soldiers

By Yankuba Jallow Investigators and Researchers of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) have on Wednesday exhumed the corpses of seven soldiers who were...

At The TRRC: Lamin Kabba Bajo Testifies

By: Kebba AF Touray Lamin Kabba Bajo, a former Interior Minister under the then administration of former President Jammeh, yesterday Tuesday April 16th testified before the...

TRRC: Witness Suspects $35 Million Caused Koro’s Death

Mustapha Marong, ex Attorney General and Minister of Justice during the AFPRC regime suspects that the murder of late minister of finance in the...

Warrant Officer Class 2, Babucarr Njie Testifies Before TRRC

By Yankuba Jallow & Momodou Jarju Baboucarr Njie commonly called Njie Ponkal or Chebb by some of his colleagues in the Gambia National Army has...

Former Detective Testifies On Koro Ceesay’s Death

By Momodou Jarju  Pa Abibou Mbye, an ex-Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) during the reign of the defunct AFPRC Government, has told the TRRC that Ousman...

Police Release Lamin Senghore on Bail

By Mustapha Jallow A resident of Bundung and former agent of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Lamin Senghore, who had spent four days in detention...

Paramount Chief Faults AFPRC in Koro Ceesay’s Death

By Momodou Jarju The Paramount Chief of The Gambia, Muhammed L. K Bojang, has accused the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) of killing the...

AT THE TRRC: Major Fatty Admits Maltreating Soldiers

By Momodou Jarju Major Lamin Fatty, has admitted to the Truth, Reconciliation and ReparationS Commission (TRRC), that he maltreated Momodou Njie, a former medic, ex-corporal...

April 10 Survivor Recollects Ordeal

By Nelson Manneh Abdoukarim Jammeh, one of the survivors of the April 10th and 11th students’ uprising, recollects how he and his colleagues were...

TRRC Witness Denies Participating in Murder of Lieutenant Fafa Nyang

By Yankuba Jallow Baboucar Mboob, a former member of the GNA has on Tuesday told the TRRC that he did not participate in the murder...