(Jollofnews) Members of the European parliament Thursday called on member state to consider imposing a travel ban or other targeted sanctions on officials responsible for serious human rights abuses in the Gambia. The parliamentarians also called on the European Union and its member states to consider freezing all non-humanitarian assistance[Read More…]
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President Jammeh Says Gambia Is Not A Fundamental Society
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has told diasporans attending the International Home Coming Festival that his country is not a fundamental society by any means. Mr Jammeh who is accused of trying to Islamanise the West African nation after he unilaterally changed the country’s name to the[Read More…]
European Parliament Condemns Gambia’s Worsening Rights Situation
(JollofNews) – The European Parliament Tuesday passed a resolution deploring what it called the constant reports of harassment, arbitrary detention, persecution and forced disappearance of members of the political opposition, independent journalists and human right defenders by the APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh. The resolution said fundamental freedom and[Read More…]
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