Burkina Faso authorities should prevent the enactment of revisions of the penal code that criminalize false news and reporting on terrorism or security operations, and ensure laws do not permit jail time for reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On June 21, Burkina Faso’s parliament adopted revisions to[Read More…]
Year: 2019
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: In Defense Of Law And Morality
Lawyers must stand up for what is true, what is honorable, what is right, what is pure, what is of good repute, what is excellent and worthy of praise, this is the transcendent essence of the lawyers’ oath. When judges and lawyers hesitate to do the right thing for fear[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: The Vices Are In Politicians, Not Politics
The story is told of an elderly woman and a younger one who were passing by a cemetery. On a tombstone was written the epitaph “Here lies John, a Politician and an Honest Man”. The elderly woman turned to her companion and, with consternation and opprobrium in her voice, said[Read More…]
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