Thursday, May 2, 2024

Human Rights

Gov’t Asked to Pay D32 Million to West African Migrants

By Nelson Manneh The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has recommended for the Gambia Government to pay thirty-two million dalasi (D32 million) to the...

Gambian Refugees in Senegal Ask Government to Respect Their Rights

By Yankuba Jallow Residents of Kerr Mot Hali, who are currently in exile, have renewed their call to the Gambia Government to respect their rights...

Human Rights Commission Asks IGP To Discipline 2 Policemen For Torturing...

By Yankuba Jallow The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has on the 9th June 2021 written to the Inspector General of Police to take disciplinary proceedings...

“There Is Nothing Of Greater Importance To Human Beings Than Knowing...

By Nelson Manneh Adelaide Sosseh, the vice chair of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has recently remarked that there is nothing of greater importance to human beings than...

TRRC Ends Public Hearing, 392 Witnesses Testified

By Nelson Manneh The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has on Friday 28th May 2021 concluded its public hearings. Three hundred and ninety-two witnesses testified...

Victim Describes Yahya Jammeh as Monster, Fraudster

By Nelson Manneh Mam Sait Njie, a victim of rights violations has described former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh as a monster and fraudster. He made this...

December 2014 Coup Survivor Faces TRRC

By Nelson Manneh Modou Njie, one of the December 2014 coup survivors, has on Wednesday 26th May 2021 faced the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission...

Human Rights Commission Boss Criticizes APRC Government’s Human Rights Record

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Emmanuel Daniel Joof, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission yesterday told the ongoing Truth Commission, that there were systematic Human Rights abuses...

TRRC Hears Testimony of Executive Director of Article- 19

By Nelson Manneh Mrs Fatou Jangne-Senghore, executive director of Article 19, on Thursday told the Truth Commission that in 1999, the government wanted to introduce...

TRRC Witness: Dismissal of Judges and Magistrates got worst under Fagbenle’s...

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Samsideen Conteh, a former Gambian magistrate, on Wednesday told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that the dismissal of judges...

TRRC: Essa Faal Advances Reasons for Extension of Public Hearings to...

By Nelson Manneh The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) Lead Counsel, Essa Faal, has on Wednesday 5th May 2021 explained the reasons that led...

May Day: Dock, Maritime Workers Union Seeks for Justice

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Dock and Maritime Workers Union in observing Labour Day 2021, has called on the authorities to investigate the issue of...

“I Never Took Illegal Instructions from Jammeh,” Says Mama Singhateh

By Nelson Manneh Mama Fatima Singhateh, former Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, has on Thursday, 29th April 2021 told the Truth, Reconciliation and...

Former AG Henry Joof says He Initiated the Bill for the...

Mr. Joseph Hendry Joof, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, on Monday told the ongoing Truth Commission, that he initiated a bill for...

Former AG Denies Playing any Role in the Process of Drafting...

By Nelson Manneh Fafa E. M'Bai, former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has denied playing any role in the process of drafting decrees and creation...

Former Solicitor General Cherno Marena Explains How the Judiciary Helped Jammeh...

By Nelson Manneh Cherno Marena, a former Solicitor General and Legal Secretary in The Gambia has on Thursday, 25th March 2021 appeared before the Truth,...

“Yahya Jammeh ordered the killing Of West African Migrants,” Says WO2...

By Nelson Manneh Lamin Sillah, Warrant Officer Class 2 of the Gambia Armed Forces, on Monday 22nd March 2021, told the Truth, Reconciliation and reparations Commission...

TRRC Chairperson says all Victims of Human Rights Violations will get...

It is the TRRC’s firm conviction that all victims of human rights violations that occurred between July 1994 and January 2017 will get the...

“One of The Dead Bodies Found in the Forest has Ghanaian...

By Nelson Manneh The Alkalo of Ghana Town, Ismaila Jagne, has on Wednesday 10th March 2021 informed the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that one of the...

TRRC: Witness Says Junglers Tortured 2006 Alleged Coup Plotters

By Nelson Manneh The former Commissioner of Police, Malamin Ceesay, has on Monday 8th March 2021 informed the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that the...