Ansumana Manneh, Director General of the Gambia Prisons Services (JollofNews) – Gambia’s Prisons Director General Ansumana Manneh has been placed on administrative leave, pending “a full investigation into series of alleged jail breaks that have plagued the Prisons department.” A statement from the[Read More…]
Human Rights
Coalition Calls On TRRC To Release Its Final Report On Gambia killings
The Jammeh2Justice Ghana Coalition, has called on the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) established by the Gambian government to investigate atrocities meted on civilians during the brutal rule of President Yahya Jammeh, to release its final report. This, according to the Coalition, would help in an effort to seek[Read More…]
Gambia : UN Backs Hybrid Court For Jammeh-Era Crimes
Human Rights Watch has joined 16 other groups in support of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances’ call for a hybrid court to prosecute crimes during the presidency of Yahya Jammeh in Gambia and for a new international inquiry of a 2005 massacre of West African immigrants. The[Read More…]