Prison Officer Testifies on how the Executive was interfering in their...
By Nelson Manneh
Long term serving prison warden, Jombo Jallow said some of the inmates were detained based on executive orders of former President Yahya...
Immigration Officer Testifies in Trafficking in Person Case Involving Two Nigerians
By Yankuba Jallow
Samba Bah of the Gambia Immigration Department has concluded giving evidence in the trafficking in person case of a Nigerian man and...
Yankuba Touray’s Sister-in-law continues Testimony in his Murder Trial
By Yankuba Jallow
Awa Minteh, a sister-in-law to Yankuba Touray has on Wednesday, 17th June 2020 continued her evidence in-chief before the Banjul High Court...
Sergeant Dinka testifies in alleged rapist, robber trial
By Yankuba Jallow
A police sergeant has testified in the criminal trial involving one Ismaila Ndong, who was accused of rape, robbery and robbery with...
Scattred Janneh Testifies before TRRC
By Nelson Manneh
Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh’s political activism against former President Yahya Jammeh landed him into prison for fifteen months before going in exile...
TRRC Witness Samba Bah Accuses Commissioner Famara Jallow of Subjectting him...
By Nelson Manneh
Prison is a place for correction, but for the Gambia’s prison system under the past regime, it was a place for torture...
Yankuba Touray’s sister-in-law testifies in his murder trial
By Yankuba Jallow
A younger sister of Yankuba Touray’s wife has on Tuesday, 16th June 2020 testified in his murder trial before the Banjul High...
Statement by UNICEF Representative Sandra Lattouf ...
Date: 15/06/2020
Greetings to children in The Gambia and everywhere on the African continent.
The Day of the African Child is a special occasion to celebrate...
Mile 2 Inmate says people used to sleep in toilets
By Nelson Manneh
Lamin Jah, an inmate said at the Main Yard of Mile 2 people used to sleep inside the toilets as a result...
Inmate Alleges Gruesome Torture by Police, Prison Wardens
By Nelson Manneh
An inmate of Mile 2 prison has alleged that he was tortured by both police and prison wardens.
Baba Galleh Jallow, a 60-year-old...
Court Remands Four Defendants in Diamond Case
By Mustapha Jallow
The Police spokesman, Superintendent (Spt.) Lamin Njie, has on Monday confirmed that 4 foreign nationals who were allegedly accused of stealing diamond,...
Court Grants Bail to Farato Land Dealer Alagie Jobe
By Louise Jobe
Farato land dealer Alagie Jobe was on Monday granted bail by Magistrate P Sowe after the prosecuting officer told the Court that...
Magistrate’s Court Sentences 5 People for stealing fuel from NAWEC
By Lamin Fatty
A trial Magistrate in Basse has on Wednesday convicted five out of six persons accused of stealing seventy-one gallons of 20-liters fuel...
Gambia: US Charges Alleged ‘Death Squad’ Member with Torture Correa Indictment...
(Banjul, June 12, 2020) – The indictment in the United States on June 11, 2020 of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member on...
Prison’s Operations Commissioner Testifies before TRRC
By Nelson Manneh
The Commissioner of Operations at the Gambia Prison Services on Wednesday June 10th 2020, testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission...
High Court Resumes Hearing in Koina Arson Case
By Lamin Fatty
The High Court in Basse on Monday June 8th 2020, resumed hearing in the Koina arson case after a break of over...
Court Denies Bail to Land Dealer Barely Two Weeks after Farato...
By Louis Jobe
Farato land dealer Alagie Jobe, who was arrested barely two weeks ago after youths of the aforesaid area chased personnel of the...
Police Detain “Four” For Stealing Diamond, Foreign Currencies
By Mustapha Jallow
Personnel of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) have detained 4 foreign nationals for allegedly stealing diamond, gold, a car, twenty-seven thousand dalasis...
Gambia prison system lacks proper medical facilities
By Nelson Manneh
Fanta Sanneh, the officer in charge of the State central prison medical unit on 10th June, said The Gambia Prison Service still...
Full Text of the Ruling on the Case of Yankuba Touray...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE GAMBIA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA
Criminal Case No.: HC/365/19/CR/067/AO
BETWEEN:
THE STATE............................................................COMPLAINANT
AND
YANKUBA TOURAY......................................ACCUSED PERSON
CASE CALLED ON 10th JUNE 2020
BEFORE...