Democracy is not defined by the ballot but by how those in power respond to protest. In The Gambia, where silence once felt safer than speaking out, President Adama Barrow’s decision to authorize a peaceful demonstration led by the Gambian Youths Against Looted Assets (GALA) marks a significant break from[Read More…]
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Teenage Gambian Stunt Driver Sent To Mile Two Prisons
A Magistrates’ court in the Gambia has today remanded a teenage driver who seriously injured a Year Six student whilst performing a stunt near a school. Malick Badjie, appeared at the Bundung Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to reckless and negligent driving. He was remanded at the Mile Two[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Ideas, Not Handcuffs: A Civic Response to Calls for Prosecuting Political Speech
Democracy is not polite. It is not sterile, orderly, or predictable. It is a chorus of contesting voices, sharp rhetoric, and sometimes provocative declarations. But when the agents of law begin to police speech before policing actual crime, democracy begins to suffocate under the weight of its own laws. In[Read More…]
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