The Gambia, where most Police Officers Do NOT Regard Themselves as Human Rights Protectors It is another sad day, horrendous in the act and mind boggling as to the intention, why brothers in arms, supposed protectors, would used arms against fellow brothers, exercising legal rights and needing protection. It is[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Faraba Banta Shooting: 5 Police Officers, 6 Villagers Detained
Five police officers including a superintendent and an assistant superintendent have been arrested for their role in Monday’s shooting of protesters in Faraba Banta Village. At least two youths were killed and several others injured when officers of the Police Intervention Unit fired live ammunition at the villagers who were[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: Gov’t Is Responsible For The Faraba Deaths!
The Gambia Government under Pres. Adama Barrow and his Interior Minister and the IGP must be held to account for the deaths of citizens in Faraba. The statement by the Interior Minister and the IGP that they did not give orders to paramilitary officers to shoot is misleading and inadequate[Read More…]