(JollofNews) – The British envoy to the Gambia Tuesday condemned the “severe sentences” given to members of main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). Opposition Leader Ousainou Darboe and 18 of his supporters were last Wednesday sentenced to 3 years in prison by a high court judge in Banjul for taking[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia: Former Minister Deplores Opposition Members’ Guilty Verdict
(JollofNews) – A former Education minister in the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh has reacted with fury to the three-year jail term given to the leader of the country’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and over a dozen of his supporters. Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, who served as minister[Read More…]
Gambia: Tribute Letter To Opposition Leader Ousainou Darboe
(JollofNews) – Dear Honourable Ousainou Darboe, if I were a better Gambian, I should be standing in front of Mile Two Prisons to demand your freedom, dead or alive. If I were a better Gambian I should be standing in the middle of McCarthy’s Square in Banjul demanding your freedom[Read More…]