(JollofNews) – Only if we the citizens fully comprehend the meaning and significance of the Right to Protest. This is the only right that combines and through which we manifest the: 1. Right to Association 2. Right to Assembly 3. Right to Freedom of Speech 4. Right to Petition When you[Read More…]
Year: 2017
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow:Why Mai Fatty Had To Resign?
The concept of ‘I rather die than resign’ is still alive in the Gambia: “I’d rather die; than resign” – a maxim at the Institute of Governance. In a country that ‘hangs petty thieves and appoints the great ones to public office’ (Aesop), public office holders are expected to serve with[Read More…]
Pressure Mounts In Gambia To Bring Yahya Jammeh And His Acolytes To Justice
(JollofNews) – Barely three weeks after an international campaign was launched in Banjul to bring ex-Gambian dictator and his acolytes to justice, pressure continues to mount on Gambian authorities to act against perpetratrors of human rights abuses during the 22-year rule by the former regime. “We must do something for[Read More…]