Monday, February 24, 2025

Human Rights

Ex-Secretary to Junta explains Cabinet Selection Process

By Kebba Jeffang An ex-senior member of Gambia Police Force, who served briefly as secretary to the junta after the military takeover in 1994, has...

AT THE TRRC: ‘July 1994 Coup Was Planned To Get Rid...

By Yankuba Jallow Retired Captain Alagie Kanteh, an ex-spokesperson of the AFRPC, said the 1994 Military Coup was planned to get rid of the presence...

AT THE TRRC: Former Adjutant Officer Alleges Torture On Hydara, Sabally

By Yankuba Jallow A former Adjutant of the Gambia National Army who was jailed in the aftermath of the July 22nd Coup Sheriff Gomez, has...

AT THE TRRC: I Commanded the July 1994 Coup D’état –...

By Yankuba Jallow Lieutenant Amadou A. Suwareh has told the Commissioners of the TRRC that he was the commander of the troops that overthrew the...

Sanna Sabally, Sadibou Hydara were Tortured in Mile II- witness says

By Yankuba Jallow Ebrima Ismaila Chongan, a former Deputy Inspector General of Police said Captains Sanna Sabally and Sadibou Hydara were tortured while they were...

TRRC: Ex Asst. Police Chief Explains Circumstances of July 1994 Coup

By Yankuba Jallow & Kebba Jeffang Hearing at the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has started on Monday, January 07 with the testimony of...

How and why TRRC contracted QTV

Over the past several days the TRRC has had to manage a lot of controversy surrounding the award of a contract to QTV. One...

Nams Approve National Human Rights Commissioners

By Kebba Secka The fourth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly ended with an approval of five candidates as commissioners of the National Human Rights...

Aja Sanyang Released on Bail

By Louise Aja Sanyang, the Police Woman from Faraba Banta who was recently arrested and detained at Banjulunding Police Station, has been released on bail...

TRRC Prepares For Hearings

Commissioners and senior staff of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), held a three-day working meeting to prepare for the start of hearings...

Six Soldiers in Detention for Months without Charge

By Mustapha Jallow Six soldiers have been kept in detention for months without due process or access to legal representation in violation of section 19...

UN Secretary-General Message On Human Rights Day

10 December 2018 ‘Stand up for human rights’ For 70 years, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been a global beacon – shining a light...

Three CSOs claim government have denied victims justice

Three civil society organisations have written an open letter to the government claiming that they have denied victims and survivors under the former Jammeh...

16 Days Of Activism Against Gender ...

By Ndey Sowe The Network Against Gender Based Violence, (NGBV), held a press conference on the forth coming 16 days of activism against Gender Based...

‘TRRC NOT A WITCH HUNT BUT……’ ...

By Kebba Secka  The Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, disclosed that the TRRC was not set to...

November 11 Survivors Recount Their Ordeal, Call For Justice

By Kebba Jeffang Ex-Military officers who survived the brutal incident of November 11 1994, have gathered to commemorate and recount their experiences of the massacre,...

IN THE NIA 9 TRIAL: ‘Sheik Omar Jeng Led Us To...

By Nelson Manneh Superintendent Thomas R.J. Gomez, the twenty-fifth Prosecution Witness (25th) in the ongoing criminal trial involving former intelligence chiefs, yesterday November 14th 2018, told...

Sherifo Jobe Reports At The Brikama Police Station

The Gambia Police Force has taken up the matter of the incident between Sherifo Jobe and the non-Gambian Soldiers stationed at Bwiam village in...

TRRC Requests Urgent Medical Board For Victims

Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent...

Truck Driver Alleges Maltreatment At The Hands Of Military Personnel

By Louise Jobe Sheriffo Jobe, a resident of Bulock village in Foni, alleges that he was brutally beaten by non-Gambian military personnel stationed at...