IHRDA condemns the unlawful arrest and detention of Political Scientist, Dr Ismaila Ceesay, by The Gambia Police on 31 January 2018 for expressing an opinion on national security, published in The Voice Newspaper. According to the paper, Dr Ceesay had suggested in an interview that it was important for the[Read More…]
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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame Elected Chairperson The Of African Union
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) meeting at their 30th Ordinary Session at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, elected on 28th January 2018 a new bureau to pilot the activities of the Union for the year 2018. In his acceptance speech[Read More…]
Article 19 Calls For Dr Ceesay’s Release
The attention of Article 19 West Africa has been drawn to the arrest and detention of Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, professor of political science at the University of The Gambia, on Wednesday January 31 2018. The arrest, as purported, is in relation to a published interview he granted earlier to a[Read More…]
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