Some news just emerge that at least 22 remanded peaceful protesters have been granted bail. It wasn’t immediately clear whether any condition was attached to the bail of May 9th protesters. They are currently at the Police Headquarters in Banjul waiting for family members to sign bail paper and transport […]
Month: June 2016
How Sir Jeng Spins Solo’s Murder Story
Saihou Omar Jeng, alias Sir Jeng, is the current Director of Operations of the National Intelligence Agency. He is a Kaur native who supervised the brutal torture of peaceful opposition protesters, resulting to the murder of Ebrima Solo Sandeng on April 15th. Even vulnerable married women were not spared the […]
Why We Need Reverend Jackson
Gambian Muslim cleric explains why he remains grateful to Reverend Jesse Jackson. Momodou Ceesay, the Chief Resident Imam of Detroit Islamic Center, says Reverend Jackson’s beliefs in the value of human life and dignity have pushed him to travel far and wide to rescue people in danger. The Chicago-based Civil […]
Imagined Nations
Baba Galleh Jallow African governments are fond of violently pouncing upon peaceful protesters and those who express dissenting opinion, sending them to jail and, in some cases, clobbering them to death, as happened with Solo Sandeng. Those who survive violent arrest and or torture are slapped with heavy charges, often invariably […]
UK Politics Of Remain Or Not To Remain
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh, Associate Professor of Islamic Philosophy & Theology and Head of Interfaith Islamic Cultural Centre London The Brexit verdict is indeed a momentous and unexceptional historic occasion in the British contemporary politics. It has to be looked within the historical context of nationalism and internationalism that […]
Torture of Journalists: The Painful Story of Gambia’s Musa Saidykhan
The absolute and non-derogable prohibition against torture is routinely disregarded by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s regime, which has subjected countless Gambians to torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment and treatment for over twenty years. In light of this widespread practice and in connection with the International Day in Support […]
D-Day For Solo’s Harbeas Corpus Case
There are two court cases today. One is that of Lawyer Darboe and the April 16 protesters and the second is the habeas corpus application on behalf of Solo Sandeng. Notwithstanding all the paper evidence pointing to the state admitting killing Solo Sandeng, today is the D-day that Jammeh’s henchmen […]
Letter To Justice Dada
This letter is a religious and elderly advice to Justice Eunice O. Dada. Madam Justice Dada, You are a woman, a mother and a sister. You know very well that torture is unlawful in our constitution. You also know that the April 14th protesters were severely tortured and one of […]
UDP Leader’s Trial Marred By Legal Flaws
As Gambian opposition leader Ousainou Darboe and 19 other co-accused persons continue to stand trial in the absence of legal representation, calls are mounting from various quarters denouncing ‘a blatant abuse of due process.’ “There should not have been a trial,” the Secretary General of the Dakar-based RADDHO Aboubacry Mbodji […]
Abiding Fallacies
By Baba Galleh Jallow It is a tragic irony of African history that governments fail to develop their countries simply because they fail to develop their most abundant and most precious resources – their people. Following independence, most African governments physically stifled the development potentials of their countries by failing […]
NIA Blew Fan To Save Solo’s Life
The murder story of Gambian opposition activist continues to peel off in bits and pieces. Solo Sandeng was beaten to death at the headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency on April 15th. The government has confirmed that the man who led over two dozens of protesters demanding for electoral reforms […]
Army Planning To Overthrow Buhari
By Oladele Hakeem The Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), a body of different militant groups has warned President Muhammadu Buhari about the army’s hatched plot to overthrow his government. The group made this known on Tuesday, June 21 while revealing that some top army officers are planning to sack […]