(JollofNews) – Amnesty International has launched a petition calling on the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh to release a former minister who is languishing in detention. Momodou Sajo Jallow, a ex-deputy minister of Foreign Affairs has been held incommunicado for more than two months at the National Intelligence Agency[Read More…]
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Gambia: Pardoned Coup Plotter Labels Gambians ‘Habitual Betrayers’
(JollofNews) – A former Gambian army captain who was serving a life sentence for plotting to overthrow the government of Yahya Jammeh in March 2006 has accused Gambians of always turning their backs on people who make the ultimate sacrifices for them. Captain Bunja Darboe who spent many years at[Read More…]
Gambian Authorities Urged To Release Detained Journalists
(JollofNews) – Gambian authorities should immediately release a journalist and the head of the state-owned broadcaster who have been held without charge or access to their families or lawyers for a week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Friday. The arrests came in the run-up to presidential elections scheduled[Read More…]
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