(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…]
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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…]
Gambia: More Opposition Supporters Refused Bail
(JollofNews) – A judge in the Gambia has denied bail to over a dozen opposition members who were indicted for “unlawful assembly” and other charges. Justice O. Ottaba of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul Wednesday ruled releasing the United Democratic Party (UDP) members will send a bad signal to[Read More…]
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