Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive HIV and AIDS “treatment programme” have Thursday filed a legal action in the High Court of The Gambia. Fatou Jatta, Ousman Sowe, and Lamin “Moko” Ceesay are suing the former Gambian president. They are seeking financial damages for harm suffered and a declaration from[Read More…]
Human Rights
Ghanaian Shoe Seller Vows To Bring Yahya Jammeh To Justice
(JollofNews) – A Ghanaian man is leading a campaign to bring The Gambia’s ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh to justice over the murder of 56 migrants who were mistaken for coup plotters, writes the BBC’s Alex Duval Smith. Martin Kyere leapt from the pick-up truck into the darkness. Bullets whistled around him[Read More…]
Barrow Urged To Uphold Pledge To Champion Media Freedom
According to the news website Front Page International and the secretary general of the Gambia Press Union, Saikou Jammeh, the court upheld provisions that punish statements likely to promote hatred among “different classes” and sedition relating to the country’s president and judicial processes and decisions. While a provision that criminalizes the spreading of[Read More…]
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