Friday, November 29, 2024

Human Rights

TRRC Begins Hearing on NIA

By Yankuba Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will tomorrow commence institutional hearing on the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Dr Lamin J. Sise, the...

Ansumana Jammeh says Yahya Jammeh’s Concoction Cured HIV/AIDS Patients

By Yankuba Jallow Ansumana Jammeh, a relative to former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh said the concoction the former Gambian leader gave to HIV/AIDS patients was...

Medical Doctor Says Ex-President Jammeh Misled Patients About His HIV Treatment...

By Yankuba Jallow A protected witness who is a medical practitioner on Thursday, 15th October 2020 told TRRC that ex-President Yahya Jammeh’s HIV & AIDS...

Medical Doctor Says Jammeh’s HIV Cure Lacks Scientific Basis

By Yankuba Jallow Dr Assan Jaye, the Chairman of The Gambia Immunology Society said former President Yahya Jammeh’s HIV Treatment Programme lacked scientific evidence. “The President’s...

Dr Sallah Says Ex-President Jammeh’s Treatment Programme Was Fraudulent, Dangerous Enterprise

By Yankuba Jallow Doctor Adama Amadou Sallah, the founder of Lamtoro Clinic on Monday, 19th October 2020 said former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh’s HIV & AIDS...

Journalists Oriented on Gender Based Violence Reporting

By Makutu Manneh Paradise Foundation on Thursday oriented Media personnel on Gender Based Violence reporting. Stakeholders including the police, activists and members of the Paradise Foundation,...

NAATIP Engages CSOs on Human Trafficking

By Ndey Sowe The National Agency Against Trafficking in Person (NAATIP) has recently engaged Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to deliberate on Trafficking in Persons in...

TRRC Commence Public Hearings

By Nelson Manneh The Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission on Monday 12 October, 2020, began its 16th three-week session of public hearings. The Commission suspended its...

58% Girls, Young Women Face Online Harassment, Abuse- Says Global Survey

By Ndey Sowe A latest global survey carried out across 22 countries has revealed that girls and young women are one of the biggest targets...

Gambia’s Rights Commission says IGP Mamour Jobe Promised to Implement Recommendations...

Gambia’s National Human Rights Commission said Thursday the Inspector General of Police has agreed to implement its recommendations including taking disciplinary measures against Commissioner...

NHRC Urges Government to Ratify and Domesticate Rights Instrument on the...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has on Wednesday called on The Gambia Government to ratify and domesticate the Protocol to the African Charter...

NHRC Chairperson Calls For Political Will To Address Caste Differences in...

By Momodou Jarju The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has emphasized the need for political will in the fight against caste differences...

Task Force to Monitor Caste Conflicts Created

By Momodou Jarju The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has created a Task Force that would look into caste conflicts in Upper River Region (URR)...

Gambia praised for taking laudable steps towards ending impunity in Myanmar

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, and Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on...

Government Urged To Solve Misunderstanding Among People In URR

By Nelson Manneh Sonikara-Gambi Association has on Friday 28th August 2020 called on the government of the Gambia to intervene and solve the ongoing...

NHRC Lists Cases They Cannot Hear

By MUHAMMED S. BAH (MS)  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of the Gambia has listed a host of cases they said they cannot hear. This...

NHRC Chairperson Urges Urgent Government Action to Address Conflicts Caused By...

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Emmanuel Daniel Joof, has expressed in a Media Release, the Commission’s extreme concern about the...

Man Ordered to Vacate Garawol After Leading Supposed Slave Class in...

By Lamin Fatty The Alkalo of Garawol has fined an Arabic school teacher twenty thousand dalasis for leading a congregational prayer on the Tobaski day...

‘COVID-19 Is A Human Rights Challenge,’ Says Chairperson of African Commission

By Momodou Jarju The Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Solomon Ayele Dersso, disclosed last week that the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Dr. Jallow Admits Jammeh’s HIV Alternative Treatment Was Done in Secrecy

By Momodou Jarju In what was his second appearance before the Truth Commission, Dr Mariatou Jallow told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that...