Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Legal Affairs

Two in Police custody in connection to death of a 2-year-old boy

By Mustapha Jallow and Kemeseng Sanneh Authorities in The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday announced they have detained two suspects in connection to the death of...

Truth Commission Says NIA Operatives Acted With Total Impunity, Disregard For...

Old building of defunct NIA Headquarters; DG Sowe talking to former TRRC Chairperson Dr. Lamin Sise, Lead Counsel, Essa Faal and Commissioners of the...

WANEP Engages Political Parties on Alternative Dispute Resolution

By Nelson Manneh The West Africa Network for Peace (WANEP), with support from GIZ on Tuesday, 19 July 2022 engaged political parties in The Gambia...

Bob Keita: Court orders taking of further DNA samples

By Kemeseng Sanneh The high court in Bundung yesterday, 18th July, 2022, ordered that blood samples be drawn from the alleged rape survivor for comparison purposes...

Truth Commission Says NIA Operatives Acted With Total 

Impunity, Disregard For Human Life The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in its Investigative Report alleged that operatives of the defunct National Intelligence Agency (NIA), acted with total impunity...

Former President Jammeh, Enablers, Accomplices Recommended For Prosecution

For The Alleged Execution of West African Migrants The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to Government stated that...

Plaintiff Calls on Finance Ministry to Fast-track Payment of D925,000 as...

By Nelson Manneh & Mustapha Jallow Plaintiff Muhammed Lamin Komma, is urging the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs to respect the judgement of the...

Officers play down on Police/Military Scuffle in Basse 

By Lamin Fatty In the early hours of Friday morning, 15 July, 2022, a confrontation erupted between the Police and Military Officers stationed in Basse,...

‘Gambia Government Failed to investigate Disappearances, Refused Disclosure of Information to...

Truth Commission Reports The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to the Government, disclosed that between July 1994 to...

Court Sentences Yankuba Badjie & Co to Death

By Yankuba Jallow Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Banjul High Court has on Wednesday, 13th July sentenced Yankuba Badjie and other former intelligence officers to...

Police Arrest Bafuloto, Tanji Murder Suspects

By Nelson Manneh The Deputy Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force Inspector Alieu Jamanka, on Tuesday 12th July 2022 confirmed the arrest of the murder...

Case of Former Ocean Bay Employees Suffers Another Setback

By Yankuba Jallow Eight years on, the case of 145 former employees of Ocean Bay Hotel, has suffered yet another setback last Thursday, July 7th...

‘Witch-Hunting Exercise Was Politically Motivated’

TRRC Reports  The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to the Government of the Gambia, disclosed that some testimonies...

Nenneh Freda Challenges Gov’t To Respect Rule Of Law

By Nelson Manneh Nenneh Freda Gomez, the Country Director of Global Hearts of Medical Mission (GOHMM), on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 tasked the Government of...

Neneh Freda Gomez & Co Arrested, Released

By Nelson Manneh Nenneh Freda Gomez and Lamin Sey of Global Hearts of Medical Mission (GOHMM) were on Tuesday arrested and detained at the Senegambia...

Mene’s ‘no case’ submission in Gam Petroleum case

By Yankuba Jallow In the last edition we published the first part of the submission of Lawyer Christopher E. Mene, the lead defence lawyer in...

TRRC Says GBV Was Committed Throughout Jammeh’s Regime

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), in its Investigative Report submitted to Government, outlined that Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) was allegedly...

14 Kerr Mot Hali Residents Ask Court to Free Them

By Yankuba Jallow Fourteen residents of Kerr Mot Hali, currently held in detention at Janjanbureh Prisons have filed an application before the high court seeking...

Yankuba Touray’s Criminal Appeal Case Proceeds

By Yankuba Jallow The criminal appeal case of ex-local government minister Yankuba Touray have on Monday proceeded before the Gambia Court of Appeal. Touray wants the...

‘Inhabitable Conditions of Some Detention Cells Is A Challenge’

Police IG Sanyang By: Kebba AF Touray The Inspector General of the Gambia Police Force Abdoulie Sanyang, told the members of the Human Rights and Constitutional...