On August 20/21, 2018, the Ministry of Justice announced the names of the 11 individuals intended to be appointed by the President as Commissioners of The Gambia’s TRRC. The public were invited to submit objections to the nominations by August 30, 2018. Seeing as I live in the UK and[Read More…]
Human Rights
President Barrow Under Fire For Granting Amnesty To Norwegian Paedophile
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has come under fire for rewarding a Norwegian paedophile who was serving time for fiddling six Gambian children with an early release. Svein Åge Sandåker was given a three-year jail term and ordered to pay a D600,000 fine in 2012 for abusing six children,[Read More…]
Dr. Omar Janneh: Conflicts Of Interests May Worsen In Gambia TRRC: Is Anyone Listening?
The Gambia’s TRRC seems to be turning into a conflicted Commission because the Executive seems totally determined to continue to display total disregard to even the problematicTRRC Act, 2017 they constructed. We are gradually witnessing the composition of a TRRC that may earn it the most conflicted truth commission. Some[Read More…]