Amnesty International has today issued a statement calling on President Adama Barrow of the Gambia to use his second term in office to tackle impunity of crimes committed in the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh. In reaction to the re-election of President Adama Barrow over the weekend in the first[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: Barrow Appeals For Restraint As He Examines TRRC Report
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has appealed to Gambians to exercise restraint and allow his government to study findings of the truth commission. The commission was set up in December 2017 to create an impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights from July 1994 to January[Read More…]
Gambia: Truth Commission Calls For Prosecution Of Jammeh Regime Officials
The Gambian truth commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of former president Yahya Jammeh should be followed by a process of criminal accountability, 11 Gambian and international groups said today. On November 25, 2021, the Gambia Truth,[Read More…]