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…]
Human Rights
Gambia’s Truth Commission Ends Public Hearings
On 7 January 2019, 871 days ago today, we Gambians, through the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, began a unique process of holding live public hearings of the testimonies of the victims, as well as those of self-confessed perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses that occurred in The Gambia[Read More…]
Gambia: Police Investigate Torture Of Suspected Burglars
Police in the Gambia have opened an investigation into the false imprisonment and mistreatment of suspected burglars by several individuals in the Greater Banjul Area. Over the past weeks, some Gambians have been posting videos on Facebook showing people suspected burglars being tied up and beaten. “This acts of mob[Read More…]
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