By Sulayman (Saul) Saidykhan When I was writing my last opinion some days ago, I was unaware that lawyer Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and his entire executive, some other associates, and relatives that were arrested with him in mid-April this year were all- but-one, convicted […]
Month: July 2016
‘I’m Not Embarrassed By Conviction’
Despite being disappointed for not being protected by the Gambian laws, the jailed opposition leader said is not “embarrassed by this conviction. My children, brothers, cousins, sisters are not embarrassed by my conviction. My political family and my friends are not embarrassed by my conviction,” Lawyer Ousainou Darboe of the […]
Nigeria Bar President Disturbed By Gambia Opposition Leader’s Jailing
No one – not even legal luminaries – understand the rationale behind the conviction and subsequent sentencing of Gambian opposition leadership and supporters who were arrested and detained for merely calling for the release of their detained colleague dead or alive. Ebrima Solo Sandeng was not only brutally murdered but […]
No Theocracy in Islam
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh The extensive interest in Islam recently in the world, has occasionally caused confusion as a result of ignorance and misinformation. Distortions of the teachings of Islam through myopic lenses have resulted from negative passions. Therefore, the task of understanding Islam as lived and viewed traditionally […]
The Unbearable Burden of Yaya Jammeh
The Unbearable Burden of Yaya Jammeh By Saul saidykhan If history is anything to go by, tomorrow, the cause of The Gambia’s ongoing needless tragedy Yaya Jammeh would be spending millions of Dollars to throw another outlandish party in celebrating his usurpation of power in our country for twenty-two […]
Let’s Revolt Against Nigerian Judges
A group of Gambian activists has launched an online petition against Mercenary Nigerian Judges in the Gambia for “aiding” and “abetting” injustice in their country. The group calls on justice and human rights conscious people to sign the petition. Read below the petition, which comes in the wake of the […]
UDP Wants Nigerian Judges To Leave
The deputy party leader of the opposition United Democratic Party has written to the President of Nigerian Bar Association, calling for the withdrawal of Nigeria’s legal technical assistance to the Gambia. Aji Aji Mariama Secka’s petition came in the wake of the illegal prosecution and sentencing of opposition leadership and […]
Gambia: Prison sentences for opposition leaders continues downward spiral for human rights
The conviction of opposition leader Ousainou Darboe and 18 other peaceful protestors highlights the continuing downward spiral for human rights in Gambia, Amnesty International said today. Following a court decision this afternoon, 19 people including the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have been sentenced to three years imprisonment. […]
UDP Damns Dada’s Political Verdict, Urges Members To Remain Strong
We condemn the predictable and utterly unjust judgement delivered by justice Dada in Banjul today July 22 at the behest and dictation of Yahya JAMMEH the presiding tyrant of The Gambia. The verdict, the charges, the trial process, the conduct of the security services, the attorney general, and prosecutors all […]
Darboe, Others Jailed For 3 Years
Some news just in stating that Yahya Jammeh’s Nigerian mercenary judge has handed down judgment in the case of Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and others. High Court Judge, Justice Eunice O. Dada has found all the accused persons guilty of all the seven counts. She sentenced them to three years in […]
UDP Tells Gambians ‘Expect The Worst’
Press Statement by The United Democratic Party (UDP) The Gambia on the Impending Judgement In The Political Trail Of The UDP Leader and His Senior Executives In the next few hours, Gambians and indeed the world at large would know the fate of the great leader of our party Lawyer […]
From Prezidom to Family Nation
By Baba Galleh Jallow Unlike Africa’s current nation-state system, the chiefdoms, kingdoms and empires that existed in precolonial Africa had fluid boundaries that expanded or contracted depending on the power or weakness of their central governments. Some of them had wise rulers who treated their subjects in a kind and […]