Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws curtailing human rights including the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, which were used under former President Yahya Jammeh to suppress peaceful dissent remain operative, Amnesty International said in a new analysis[Read More…]
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Gambian Woman Arrested For Whacking 8-Year-Old Niece With A Pestle
Police in the Gambia have arrested a woman who was filmed whacking her 8-year-old niece with a wooden pestle. Adama Jarju, 30, of Lamin Kerewan, Kombos North, was arrested Monday after a video of her hitting her niece with a pestle was posted on social media. It is not clear[Read More…]
GPU Condemns Assault Of Journalist By State House Photographer
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on a reporter for the online platform, Kerr Fatou, by President Adama Barrow’s photographer. Modou E. Njie of the Office of the President physically assaulted Buba Gagigo of Kerr Fatou who was covering President Barrow’s registration for[Read More…]
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