Friday, April 18, 2025

Human Rights

TRRC Recommends Prosecution of Ex-president Jammeh, Close Aides for Murder, Manslaughter

During 2009 Witch-hunt Operations By Mustapha Jallow In their final report and recommendations which they submitted to President Adama Barrow, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission...

TRRC Urges Gov’t to Establish Peace, Reconciliation Commission with Clear Mandate

By Nelson Manneh The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) endorsed the Government of The Gambia to establish a Peace and Reconciliation Commission with a...

Hon. Sillah Calls for Implementation of Recommendations on Legislative Reports

By: Kebba AF Touray Ousman Sillah, the National Assembly Member for Banjul North, has called on both the outgoing and incoming legislature to ensure on...

TRRC Report: Jammeh created hit-squad to kill, torture his enemies

By Mustapha Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has indicated in its final report that former President Yahya Jammeh was the architect of...

TRRC Recommends Arrest of Lt. Solo Bojang to Identify Burial Sites

 By Mustapha Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has recommended the Gambia Government to locate and/or arrest Lieutenant Colonel Solo Bojang for his...

NIA’s Special Operations Unit Found To Be Extremely Brutal Under Jammeh

By Mustapha Jallow  The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has found the Special Operations Unit (SOU) of the Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to...

TRRC Recommends Banning of 10 Senior Judges From Holding Gov’t Office

By Mustapha Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has in its report made public, recommended for the ban of ten (10) senior judges...

‘NIA Helped Jammeh Grip On Power By Spying People’

By Mustapha Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has found the once feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) spying on government employees and citizens...

TRRC Recommends Former, Present NIA Agents Banned From Holding Gov’t Office

In this column we will publish excerpts from the TRRC report. TRRC PAGE With Mustapha Jallow The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has recommended in...

TRRC submits more copies of final report to Government

Press Release 16th December, 2021 The Secretariat of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has submitted an additional ten hard copies and fifteen soft copies...

NHRC Engages Police Over Alleged Report of Abuse Meted Out on...

By Mustapha Jallow  Mr. Emmanuel Daniel Joof, the Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Wednesday said his institution has engaged the Gambia Police Force...

Police open investigation into alleged beating of Gambian rapper by PIU...

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Monday opened an investigation into alleged ‘beatings and abuses’ of Chipa Yi, a Banjulian rapper. The Police...

NHRC calls on police to always exercise restraint in dispersing crowds

By Nelson Manneh The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the Police to always exercise maximum restraint in dispersing crowds and managing assemblies. The...

Barrow Assures Justice for Atrocities Committed Under Jammeh’s Regime

By Makutu Manneh President Adama Barrow has assured Gambians and the outside world that there will be justice for atrocities committed under Yahya Jammeh's regime. "I...

NHRC Urges Government to Respect Court Decisions

On Arrest of Nenneh, Lamin By Nelson Manneh  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday, 22 November, 2021 urged Government to respect Court decisions or...

Gambia Commemorates World Day for Traffic Victims

By Amadou Manjang The Gambia has joined the rest of the world on Sunday, 21 November, 2021 to celebrate World Day and Remembrance for Road...

Neneh Cham Believes Prosecution of Perpetrators of Crimes and Violations

By: Kebba AF Touray Neneh MC Cham, a Human Rights Lawyer, has expressed belief that there will be prosecutions of persons who bear the greatest...

World Children’s Day: UNICEF Calls For Young People’s Participation in Climate...

By Ndey Sowe   Evidence has consistently shown that while children and young people are the least responsible for climate change and its effects,...

No Excuse for Accountability in TRRC Recommendations, Implementation

Says Liberian Bar Tiawan Gongloe, the president of the Liberia National Bar Association, has said that there should be no excuse for accountability. Mr. Gongloe...

ICJ Official Describes Massacre of Migrants as Jammeh’s Worst Crime

By: Kebba AF Touray Mr. Reed Brody, an Official of the International Commission of Jurists, has described the massacre of 59 migrants in 2005 as...