Friday, March 29, 2024

Legal Affairs

Fatou Camara Continues Testimony In The Nia 9 Case

By Nelson Manneh Fatou Camara of the United Democratic Party (UDP), the 27th Prosecution Witness in the trial of former Intelligence Chiefs in the former...

104 Communities Engaged by CRC – Justice Jallow Discloses

By Nelson Manneh   Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow, the Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has disclosed that the Commission has engaged 104 communities in...

Court Rules in Farato Land Dispute

By Louise Jobe The Brikama High Court, has recently dismissed an application by occupants of disputed lands in Farato to agree to hear their appeal...

Law Makers Discuss Law On Freedom Of Assembly

Saturday, 26th January, 2019 Amie Sillah Reporting Parliamentarians and civil society members were engaged in a round table discussion on Saturday, 26th January, 2019 with the...

Caste Scuffle In Koina Leaves ...

By: Lamin Fatty Some people in the so-called ‘freeborn’ community of Koina village, attacked some members of the so called ‘slave’ faction, seriously injuring three...

IN THE NIA 9 CASE: UDP’s Fatou Camara Alleges Torture...

By Nelson Manneh Fatou Camara, a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), on Tuesday January 29th 2019, told the High Court in Banjul...

Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona Makes First Appearance Before ICC

Ngaïssona during his initial appearance before the ICC on 25 January 2019 ©ICC-CPI  On 25 January 2019, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber II of...

Human Rights Violation: Ecowas Court Throws Out Case By A Former...

An ECOWAS Court panel of three judges has dismissed a suit filed by Lt Col. Silas Jock Santoi, a retired Nigerian military officer, alleging...

AT THE COURT-MARTIAL: Judgment Set...

By Kebba Secka Following the testimony of the twelfth accused soldier Lance Corporal Alieu Sanneh in the matter of the twelve accused soldiers of the...

CRC: Final Day Of Nationwide Consultations Ends In Banjul

By Nelson Manneh  Ndey Fatou Leigh, a grade twelve student at St-Joseph’s Senior Secondary School in Banjul, on Saturday January 26th 2019, told Commissioners of...

IN THE NIA NINE CASE: Nogoi Njie Narrates Treatment At NIA’s...

By Kebba Secka Nogoi Njie, the twenty-sixth (PW26) prosecution witness in the trial of the former State Intelligence officers, on Wednesday January 23rd 2019, told...

Ecowas Court Dismisses Suit By Nigerian Media Executive

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on 22nd January, 2019 dismissed a suit brought by a Nigerian businessman and media executive asking for N10.2 billion...

NIA 9 CASE: Nogoi Njie Explains Her Ordeal in the Hands...

By Nelson Manneh Prosecution Witness Nogoi Njie (PW26) on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019, told the court that she was beaten and slapped before she was...

AT THE COURT-MARTIAL: Africell employee testifies on WhatsApp conversations

By Kebba Secka Abubacarr Jallow an employee of Africell on Monday January 21st 2019, told the General Court-Martial held at the Yundum Military Barracks that...

Finger Print Expert Testifies in False Information Trial

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Lamin S Ndong the fifth defence witness (DW5) in the false information trial of one Mr. Isaac Ague has on...

Chief Yaya Jarjusey Cross-Examined At Mansa Konko Magistrate Court

By Yankuba Jallow Chief Yaya Jarjusey of Jarra under cross-examination at the Mansa Konko Magistrate’s Court, said Chiefs are bound to support incumbent presidents, even...

AT THE TRRC: Technical Problems Arose During Prisons Commissioner’s Testimony

By Yankuba Jallow The Commissioner of Prisons Bubacar Jatta, on Monday January 21st January, commenced giving his own account of the 1994 coup d'etat before...

Youth Advocate for Citizenship by Birth in New Constitution

By Nelson Manneh The Youth who attended the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) meeting on Saturday the 19th of January 2019, in Dippakunda said the new Constitution...

ICC Appeals Chamber Maintains Laurent Gbagbo And Charles Blé Goudé In...

The ICC Appeals Chamber on 18th January 2019, decided that Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé remain in custody following their acquittal. They will...

Paper Presented To CRC On Behalf Of Literacy House

This paper is about a chronicle of the known Constitutions ever to operate in the Gambia and the harm they have done to the...