I wish to extend my heartfelt prayers and condolences to the victims and the families of Faraba Banta protesters who were cowardly killed and injured when they peacefully gathered to express grievances about environmental degradation in their community. This cowardly and senseless killing by The Gambia’s paramilitary forces is once[Read More…]
Year: 2018
IFJ Condemns Pa Modou Bojang’s Arrest, Assault
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Gambian Press Union (GPU) in condemning these acts of violence and intimidation and ask for an immediate investigation. Journalist Pa Modou Bojang of Home Digital FM was brutally assaulted, manhandled and later arrested by the members of the Police Intervention[Read More…]
Faraba Banta Shooting: Injured Protester Dies
A young Gambian man who was injured during Monday’s violent protest in Faraba Banta Village, Kombo East District, has died of his wounds. Amadou Jallow also known locally as Amadou Nyang, died on Tuesday night at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, were he was being treated with several[Read More…]
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