UNDP Official Emphasis Need for Independent, Effective NHRC
By Momodou Jarju
The Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Nessie Golakai-Gould, has emphasized the need for the National...
Distraught Wife Decries prolonged detention of husband
By Mustapha Jallow
Mrs. Fatou Sanyang, wife of Warrant Officer Class 1 (WOC1) Ismaila Jammeh, has decried the detention of her husband for two years now without being brought...
ICC And UN Call To Mobilise Humanity Against Crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today kicked off an campaign in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong...
Gambia Submits Human Rights Report to African Commission
Gambia on Thursday 2nd May 2019 submitted its first state report in twenty-five years on the African Charter on Human and People`s Rights to...
Gambia: Key Human Rights Concerns Highlighted In A Meeting With President...
During a meeting with President Adama Barrow in the capital Banjul today, Amnesty International delegates noted the major progress made in the two years...
Dock Workers Demand for Justice
By Yankuba Jallow
The Gambia Dock and Maritime Workers Union are still demanding for justice from the government through Gambia Ports Authority.
“We want a dock...
TRRC Update: ...
The TRRC ended its fourth three-week session of hearings on Thursday, April 25, 2019. During this session, 16 witnesses testified before the Commission, bringing...
High Level Conference On Safeguarding Human Rights In The Gambia Underway
By Awa B. Bah
Article 19 on Monday 29th April 2019 commenced a half day high level conference and training of the National Assembly Select...
Sanna Sabally Gives Graphic Details Of Torture And Murder
By Yankuba Jallow
Sanna B. Sabally, an erstwhile vice chairman of the defunct AFPRC has given graphic details of tortures supervised by Brigadier-General Alagie Martin.
While...
Sanna Sabally Confesses to Gross Atrocities He Committed
By Yankuba Jallow
Sanna B. Sabally has made some confessions before the TRRC about his involvement in the killings and gross human rights violations of...
Furious TRRC Witness Admits Responsibility Of 8 Deaths
By Momodou Jarju
Babucarr Jatta, the former Chief of Defense Staff has admitted before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that he failed to...
TRRC: Mum Lost Consciousness After Her Only Son Died Mysteriously
By Momodou Jarju
Ya Bajen Ceesay Jaiteh, the younger sister of late Ousman Koro Ceesay, said their mother, Fatoumatta Sanyang, lost consciousness when she heard the death...
TRRC Exhumes Remains of 7 November 11 Fallen Soldiers
By Yankuba Jallow
Investigators and Researchers of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) have on Wednesday exhumed the corpses of seven soldiers who were...
At The TRRC: Lamin Kabba Bajo Testifies
By: Kebba AF Touray
Lamin Kabba Bajo, a former Interior Minister under the then administration of former President Jammeh, yesterday Tuesday April 16th testified before the...
TRRC: Witness Suspects $35 Million Caused Koro’s Death
Mustapha Marong, ex Attorney General and Minister of Justice during the AFPRC regime suspects that the murder of late minister of finance in the...
Warrant Officer Class 2, Babucarr Njie Testifies Before TRRC
By Yankuba Jallow & Momodou Jarju
Baboucarr Njie commonly called Njie Ponkal or Chebb by some of his colleagues in the Gambia National Army has...
Former Detective Testifies On Koro Ceesay’s Death
By Momodou Jarju
Pa Abibou Mbye, an ex-Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) during the reign of the defunct AFPRC Government, has told the TRRC that Ousman...
Police Release Lamin Senghore on Bail
By Mustapha Jallow
A resident of Bundung and former agent of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Lamin Senghore, who had spent four days in detention...
Paramount Chief Faults AFPRC in Koro Ceesay’s Death
By Momodou Jarju
The Paramount Chief of The Gambia, Muhammed L. K Bojang, has accused the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) of killing the...
AT THE TRRC: Major Fatty Admits Maltreating Soldiers
By Momodou Jarju
Major Lamin Fatty, has admitted to the Truth, Reconciliation and ReparationS Commission (TRRC), that he maltreated Momodou Njie, a former medic, ex-corporal...
