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…]
Human Rights
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…]
Dr Omar Janneh: 10 Days Seems Too Short To Submit Objection To The Nominated TRRC Commissioners
Any process, such as the TRRC, that is set up to establish the truth, must be seen to be done in an open, efficient and transparent manner- as much as possible. If the Executive is committed to the highest standards of governance of the TRRC, I think it would be[Read More…]