A serving Gambian police constable who plunged a knifed into a 25-year-old man and left him to died in a pool of his own blood has been charged with murder. First Class Constable Lamin Trawally allegedly stabbed Kebba Secka, a Business and Administration student of the University of the Gambia[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambian Journalist Recounts 22 Days Of Detention, Horrific Torture
by PK Jarju Going through photos of his days as a young editor back in his native Gambia, Musa Saidykhan fights back tears. While most journalists reflect on their careers with pride, Mr Saidykhan feels no such fondness. His intentions to remain in his home country, to use his pen[Read More…]
Gambia: Newspaper Editor Recounts Details Of Torture By Military Officers
A former editor of the defunct Independent Newspaper in the Gambia Wednesday appeared at the ongoing truth commission where he recounted how he was arbitrarily detained for over three weeks and tortured by an elite military unit during the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh. Madi Ceesay was arrested in March[Read More…]
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