(JollofNews) – Lawyers representing the embattled leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and 19 of his supporters Thursday urged the high court in Banjul to halt proceedings pending the determination of the constitutionality of some of the charges against them by the Supreme Court. The opposition members who[Read More…]
Human Rights
ICC’s Prosecutor Explains Court’s Position On Gambia
(JollofNews) – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has said that the Hague-based court is monitoring the ongoing political crisis in the Gambia. The Gambian born jurist has been criticised by some Gambians in the diaspora for turning a blind eye to the Gambian regime’s heavy-handed[Read More…]
Gambia Tightens Noose On Dissenters – Amnesty
(JollofNews) – Critics of Gambia’s government are increasingly fearful of arrest, torture and imprisonment as the west African nation clamps down on free speech ahead of polls expected to land President Yahya Jammeh a fifth term, Amnesty International said Thursday. Opposition politicians, journalists, human rights defenders and religious figures have[Read More…]
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