“If a man like Deyda Hydara can be murdered for doing his job, then no one can sleep peacefully in his or her bed. Nobody will be spared” -Says Alagi Yorro Jallow. Alagi Yorro Jallow On February 2, 2003, police in my hometown of Jarra Sankwia in The Gambia during[Read More…]
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Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Sustaining The #IAmToufah Campaign Momentum
Maintaining the momentum, after riding on the crest, is often our weakness. We are activity driven and policy or law does not get seriously influenced through such an approach. Advocacy is a planned process, effort intensive and requires a movement or group of organisations, united in mission and committed to[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia Should Repeal The Archaic Official Secret Act
The Washington Post’s slogan, ‘Democracy dies in darkness,” is a good start, but a more populist appeal might be more effective: What are the politicians hiding from you? What do they not want you to know? Have they forgotten they work for you? Once that point is made, there will[Read More…]
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