Democracy is not defined by the ballot but by how those in power respond to protest. In The Gambia, where silence once felt safer than speaking out, President Adama Barrow’s decision to authorize a peaceful demonstration led by the Gambian Youths Against Looted Assets (GALA) marks a significant break from[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Ideas, Not Handcuffs: A Civic Response to Calls for Prosecuting Political Speech
Democracy is not polite. It is not sterile, orderly, or predictable. It is a chorus of contesting voices, sharp rhetoric, and sometimes provocative declarations. But when the agents of law begin to police speech before policing actual crime, democracy begins to suffocate under the weight of its own laws. In[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Freedom Is Not A Selective Principle
In a democracy, criticism sharpens convictions. Speech challenges orthodoxy. What we must never tolerate is moral inconsistency disguised as civic righteousness. Mr. Pa Njie Girigara’s recent appeal to President Barrow to silence former President Yahya Jammeh’s political commentary is not the cry of a democrat—it is the echo of a[Read More…]
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