DUGA wholeheartedly welcomes the release of detainees from Gambian prisons and detention centers. Despite the fact that many are innocent and committed no offense to warrant detention, we celebrate with them and their family members on their reunions, and escape from the deplorable conditions they were subjected to while in […]
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Congratulations Due To President Jammeh!
By Dida Halake It really is as simple as that. What the President of The Gambia has done in emptying Mile Two Prison of prisoners is immense. The congratulations should be pure, simple – and straight from the heart. That appreciation goes too to my good friends in Jammeh’s cabinet, […]
Over 200 Enjoy Jammeh’s Amnesty
More than 200 convicted prisoners, including 31 treasoners, have become beneficiaries of President Yahya Jammeh’s amnesty. Also freed were the illegally detained family members and friends of the December 30th failed attempt coup. Families and friends of the freed convicts gathered in Mile 2 yesterday to witness what they had […]
Clemency Doesn’t End The Struggle
In his weekly social media posting dubbed This Week In The Struggle, Omar Joof touched on a wide range of issues, including the dangers attached to monopolisation of Power. The former President of Gambia Student Union also harped on President Yahya Jammeh’s impromptu clemency pronouncement, which according to him, is […]
Open Letter To President Jammeh
By Baba Galleh Jallow July 23, 2015 Dear Mr. President, I am writing this open letter to you in direct response to your speech of July 22, 2015 granting amnesty to several categories of people, including those convicted of treason in The Gambia and those members of the Gambian Diaspora […]
Bowing Down To Pressure; We Are Resolute, Step Down Jammeh!!
By Yero Jallow Gambia’s criminal ruler, Yaya AJJ Jammeh, came to power through a military-backed overthrow on July 22nd 1994. Since then, he stationed himself as the world’s “Pharaoh” ruling with an iron-fist, and constantly exercising power greed by violating constitutional and human rights protections. Jammeh’s known power excesses and […]
Shame On Cheap Gambian MPs
By Lamin Saddam Sanyang in The Netherlands You took oath to protect the interest of your arious constituencies to represent your people who sacrificed and voted you into office. It is a big disgrace for members of parliament to let themselves be manipulated by President Jammeh anytime, anyhow and anywhere he […]
Darboe Welcomes Jammeh’s Amnesty But…
STATEMENT BY UDP LEADER LAWYER OUSAINOU DARBOE ON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF JULY 22 1994 COUP The United Democratic Party (UDP) has taken note of the reconciliatory gesture by the president to pardon different categories of prisoners and we express our solidarity with the beneficiaries and their families. Exercising […]
Gambia 21 Years On: Nothing To Celebrate
22 July 2015 marks the 21st anniversary of Yaya Jammeh’s rise to power in Gambia. Since then, activists, journalists and political opponents have lived in fear. Alioune Tine reflects on what the anniversary means to him. Today, 22 July 2015, as a human rights defender and as a West African, […]
Gambia Movement’s July 22 Message
The People’s Movement for Democratic Gambia’s 2015 July 22 Message To Fellow Gambians Another July 22 upon us! This is 21 years and counting! Another Public Holiday! Another Celebration! Yet again tax resources of poor farm-families are put to the entertainment of Yahya and his cliques. Now more than ever we […]
‘Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university […]
Gambia Gov’t Taken To Task In Geneva
The Gov’t.Of The Gambia Taken To Task In Geneva. Part Two On 18th and 19th June 2015, Mr. Christof Heyns, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, participate in the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. He address the Council to present his latest activities […]