All citizens must defend the press and its journalists from public officials who weaponise their positions to attack the media. Government officials who ridicule, insult and threaten journalists are only doing so to silence the media hence silence the public hence kill transparency and accountability thereby promoting bad governance. This[Read More…]
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Madi Jobarteh: I Demand A Retraction And An Apology From The President
Today, 2nd August I received a letter from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conveying to me guarantees from the Gambia Government that they would protect “my fundamental human rights at all times in accordance with the Constitution and other regional and international human rights instruments ratified by the State.”[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: I Stand With Mama And Baby M – For Justice!
I stand with Mama because she was a minor by the time she got impregnated by a man, whether by force or consent hence she was raped. I stand with Baby M because he was a child who did not ask who was to be his mother and father. The[Read More…]