By Siray Touray (women’s activist in U.K.) As a young woman, I am outraged and saddened about the news that three Gambian women are part of the opposition UDP supporters detained and tortured by security forces. These defenceless women are bearing violent wounds. Gambian security forces who get their direct command […]
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Sanctity Of Human Life: An Islamic Perspective
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh The Qur’an categorically states that God has honoured the children of Adam. This honouring of the children of Adam is fundamental to the Qur’anic discourses. Nobody has the right to violate this divine right that people have. In this light comes the Qur’anic injunction that […]
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe Iconic Image Of Lady justice
Alagi Yorro Jallow I know Ousainou Darboe. I like lawyer Darboe. I don’t want to seem like a sycophant, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I admired him. I disagreed with much of what he said, sure, but I recognized he is a giant for […]
Socialist International:Free Darboe and all Protesters
SI denounces criminal crackdown of demonstrators and arrest of SI member party leader in Gambia | 16 APRIL 2016 The Socialist International denounces in the strongest terms, the violent repression in recent days by government security forces of demonstrators demanding electoral reform and the right to free speech and […]
Finally civil disobedience must be the order
In any revolution, there are stages that it must go through. First are the complaints, then, the national and international exposure, then, peaceful protest and marches and finally civil disobedience must be the order of the day to end the revolution. ‘one catapult, stones, and old tires is the next […]
UDP Worried About International Silence On Jammeh’s Brutality
PRESS RELEASE ON THE ARREST OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UDP) The leadership of the United Democratic Party (UDP) wishes to inform the international community about the continuing brutal crackdown of its entire executive members and other peace loving Gambians who were out this morning to demand […]
Gambia: Death In Detention Of Key Political Activist
Authorities in Gambia must immediately investigate the death in detention of a well-known political activist and release all other peaceful protestors who have been detained, Amnesty International said today. According to information received by Amnesty International, Solo Sandeng, the National Organizing Secretary of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), died […]
Gambia Security Kills UDP’s Solo Sandeng
A key political activist of the United Democratic Party who was arrested on Thursday had been reportedly killed by Gambian security. Solo Sandeng, the newly elected Organising Secretary of the UDP, was tortured to death. His arrest and detention resulted on Thursday April 14th when he and more than a […]
UDP Leader, Others In Security Custody
The leader of the opposition United Democratic Party, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, was this morning arrested alongside his newly elected executive by Gambian police. Mr. Darboe and his executive were arrested and detained for holding a peaceful demonstration, demanding the release of their detained colleagues. As we write this report, armed […]
Police Arrests Peaceful Protesters
Earlier in the day we got news that some Gambian youths staged a peaceful civil protest at westfield, Kanifing area. After 1 hour or so, the police PIU [Police Intervention Unit] came on the scene and forcefully arrested some 20 protesters. These protesters come from different political background and their […]
Let’s Raise Funds To Send Dead Gambian Home
FUNDRAISING TO HELP REPATRIATE DEAD GAMBIAN MIGRANT’S BODY TO THE GAMBIA By Alhassan Darboe A fundraising campaign has kicked into high gear to help repatriate the remains of a young Gambian migrant who lays dead at an Italian hospital in Napoli. Late Jatta is a recent Gambian migrant in Italy […]
How Press Freedom Collapsed in Gambia
This is another brilliant review of Alagi Yorro Jallow’s book ” Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in Gambia ” by Dr. Giueppe Mario Saccone,a renounced scholar published in Vol. 16 No 2,July -December 2015 Prajna Vihara: Journal of Philosophy and Religion pp.117-123. This book is written by the renowned […]