(JollofNews)- The curtains closed Wednesday on the 61st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACPHR) which was held from 1st- 15 November, 2017 at Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi, some 12 km away from Banjul. Up to 619 delegates took part in a session that[Read More…]
Human Rights
Press Union Okays Gambia’s Compliance With Regional Court Verdicts
(JollofNews) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the government’s decision to comply with the ECOWAS Community Court ruling on the cases of journalists Musa Saidykhan, Deyda Hydara murdered in 2004 and Chief Ebrima Manneh who went missing since 2006. “The pronouncement by the Information Minister and the Special[Read More…]
Pressure Mounts In Gambia To Bring Yahya Jammeh And His Acolytes To Justice
(JollofNews) – Barely three weeks after an international campaign was launched in Banjul to bring ex-Gambian dictator and his acolytes to justice, pressure continues to mount on Gambian authorities to act against perpetratrors of human rights abuses during the 22-year rule by the former regime. “We must do something for[Read More…]