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…]
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Yanks Darboe: Every Dev’t In My Region Is Met With Strongarm Policing Tactics
The Chairman of the UDP-led Brikama Area Council(BAC), Yankuba Darboe, has maintained that his administration’s accomplishments have always been met with strongarm policing tactics. “The pattern is very simple and unsophisticated! Every development we register in my region, is followed by threats of police arrest and detention! Tonight too is[Read More…]
Yankuba Darboe To Bear UDP’s Torch In BAC Chairmanship Election
Lawyer Yankuba Darboe has been elected as the UDP candidate for the Brikama Area Council (BAC) chairmanship contest, this medium can report authoritatively. He received his endorsement in an election conducted at the Gambia’s main opposition UDP bureau in Manjai this evening.
Gambia Politico: IGP Should Stop Police Brutality
The Gambia Police should release the Bakau Youths immediately and drop all trumped up charges levelled against them. They are charged with the same trumped up charges, that they the police had charged: Faraba Youths, 3 Years Jotna Leaders, Busumbala youths, Sanyang Youths, etc. It’s seems every time Gambians protest[Read More…]
Gambia Politico: Joining UDP Is Not The Joining Of The Individual’s Dirty Bagage!
Let us be clear, joining UDP does not expiate anyone from their sins of the past, neither does it exonerate any from their crimes of the past, nor does it call for the forgiveness or burying of their past! It comes without conditions attached that would change the party’s policies[Read More…]
Gambian Activists Disappointed At ICC’s Refusal To Investigate Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Diaspora based Gambian activists have expressed disappointment at the refusal of the chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court’s to investigate human rights abuses of the Gambian regime. The tiny West African state is being ruled with an iron fist by President Yahya Jammeh who seized power in July[Read More…]
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