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...
Expert Says Jammeh’s HIV & AIDS Cure Claim Was False
By Momodou Jarju
A Lab technician under the Disease Control Department at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) in Banjul told the Truth Commission...
Survivor Says Foreigners Were Part of Jammeh’s Alternative Treatment Programme
By Nelson Manneh
A survivor of ex-President Jammeh’s alternative treatment programme said people came from some African countries as far as Malawi to join the...
Dr. Mbowe’s Assurance Convinced Witness to Join Jammeh’s HIV ATP
By Momodou Jarju
Protected witness before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has on Wednesday revealed that Dr. Tamsir Mbowe gave them assurance that...
Victim’s Center, Others Ask TRRC to Investigate Massacre of Migrants
Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations and several human rights organizations including Trial International, have called on the Truth Commission to investigate...
“We Were Kept Against Our Will,” Unidentified Witness Tells TRRC
By Nelson Manneh
An Unidentified witness before the Truth Commission (TRRC) has on Monday testified that they were kept against their will during their HIV...
Protected Witness Describes Jammeh’s HIV & AIDS Treatment as False
By Nelson Manneh
A protected witness Wednesday, 16th July 2020, described Yahya Jammeh’s treatment programme as false since some of those who took the medicine...
TRRC Witness alleges people died from Jammeh’s HIV Treatment Programme
By Nelson Manneh
Fatou Jatta, a witness before the TRRC has alleged that nine people died from former President Yahya Jammeh’s HIV Treatment Programme.
Jatta appeared...
ACHPR 66th Ordinary Session: Hannah Foster Decries Human Rights Violations Amid...
By Momodou Jarju
Gambian human rights defender, Mrs. Hannah Foster, has raised concern about human rights violations in all parts of the world and Africa...
Nurse Blames Ex-President Jammeh, Others for his Brother’s Death
By Nelson Manneh
A nurse on Wednesday, 8th July 2020 testified before the TRRC on how his brother was killed by one of the drivers...
Ex-President Jammeh’s Convoy Driver Testifies before TRRC
By Nelson Manneh
Warrant Officer Class 2, Lamin Sillah, who was a convoy driver during Yahya Jammeh’s regime, on Thursday 9th July, testified before the...
TRRC says Jammeh’s convoy was involved in over 40 accidents
By Nelson Manneh
Counsel Sagar C.T Jahateh on Wednesday, 8th July 2020 said the investigation unit of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has...
Frontline Defenders Call on Gambian Authorities to Drop Charges Against Madi...
The Dublin based Front Line Defenders have called on the authorities in the Gambia to immediately drop all charges against Madi Jobarteh, as they...
David Colley Applied Colonial Law While He Was Prison Service Boss
By Momodou Jarju
The former Director General of the prison service of The Gambia, David Charles Colley, has been using colonial law to discharge his...
Gambia’s Prison Service Was Trapped in Fear, Incompetence under Jammeh Era,...
By Momodou Jarju
Dr. Lamin J. Sise, the chairman of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has indicated that the Gambia’s prison service under...
David Colley Finally Admits Food Served in Prisons Was Bad
By Momodou Jarju
The former director of the prison service, David Charles Colley, has on Monday admitted that the food served in the prisons for...
