Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Legal Affairs

Court to Rule on Yankuba Touray’s Bail Application on Murder

By Yankuba Jallow The Banjul High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh will on Monday rule on the bail application made by Yankuba Touray...

ICC To Deliver Judgment On Ntaganda Case

Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its Judgment in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda during a public hearing...

Court Grants GAP Leader Extension of Time to Settle Debt

By Nelson manneh Musa Batchilly, the leader of the Gambia Action Party (GAP) has pleaded to the Kanifing Magistrates Court for a month extension to...

Defence Argues Court Cannot Try Yankuba Touray

By Nelson Manneh & Louise Jobe Lawyer Abdoulie Sisoho,  counsel for Yankuba Touray, has put forward arguments that the High Court has no jurisdiction to...

Is Yankuba Touray On Trial?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Foroyaa cannot honestly answer this question unless it relies on GRTS for information. The Foroyaa journalist sent to cover the court...

Police Exclude Journalists From Yankuba Touray’s Arraignment

By Nelson Manneh Personnel of the Gambia Police Intervention Unit have denied the media access to cover the arraignment of Yankuba Touray, an ex-member of...

High Court to Hear Nigeria Community Election Petition

By Nelson Manneh The Banjul High Court is set to hear the elections petition case involving members of the Nigeria Community in October. Chika Charles Nwosu,...

TRRC’s Lead Counsel Argues Constitutional Immunity for AFPRC Members is Discriminatory

By Yankuba Jallow Essa M. Faal, the Lead Counsel to the TRRC Wednesday argued the Constitutional immunity accorded to the AFPRC members is discriminatory in...

TRRC: Witness Testifies On How Executive Controlled The Legislature

By Yankuba Jallow Demba Dem, an ex-deputy for the APRC has given a detailed testimony with regard to the control the Yahya Jammeh led Executive...

Magistrate Jabang Warns Police Prosecutor in Koina Caste Case

By Lamin Fatty reporting from the URR Magistrate Omar Jabang of the Basse Magistrate’s Court has warned police prosecutor Superintendent MB Mballow to put their...

Court to Rule on ‘No Case’ Submission in NIA trial

By Nelson Manneh The Banjul High Court presided over by Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara is set to rule on the ‘no case submission’ made by the...

Kasamanding Keita Narrates Her Unlawful Arrests, Detentions

By: Yankuba Jallow Kasamanding Keita told the  TRRC that she was arrested and detained at the Janjangbureh Prisons for 40 days under the instruction of Chief...

AT THE TRRC: Commissioners Took Turns to Question Brig. Gen. Alagie...

By Momodou Jarju As a continuation of last Thursday’s sitting of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), Commissioners took turns to engage Brigadier General...

Ntaganda case: Trial Chamber VI to deliver judgment on 8 July...

Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its Judgment in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda during a public hearing...

Rongo’s D30 Million Case Set For Pretrial

By Nelson Manneh Rongo’s civil suit in which he is claiming 30 million dalasis has been set for pretrial by the Banjul High Court. Two of...

2006 Coupists tortured to extract confessions at all cost- says Alagie...

By Momodou Jarju  Brigadier General Alagie Martin Thursday confessed his participation with colleagues in torturing soldiers arrested in 2006 for attempting to overthrow the government. Martin...

CRC Commences External Public Consultations with Gambians in Europe

The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), as part of its wider public consultations with Gambians, has commenced its external public consultations with Gambians in the...

‘Slander, Provocation Threat To Gambia’s Young Democracy’ NCCE Chairperson

By Mustapha Jallow Alhajie Sering Faye, the Chairperson of the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged local communities to avoid slander, intimidation and...

2006 Coupist Claims He Was Forced To Sign Forged Evidence

By Momodou Jarju  Lieutenant Colonel Bunja Darboe, who was among the plotters of the 2006 foiled coup, has claimed that he was forced to write...

Former Soldier Begs Forgiveness for Torturing Senior Officers

By Momodou Jarju Pa Modou Sarr, former Gambian soldier, has apologized to Gambians and his senior in particular Lt. Colonel Babucarr Sanyang, for torturing him...