The Gambia’s Director of Prisons has cheered President Yahya Jammeh’s prisoner release, saying it would reduce the government’s 1.5 million dalasi monthly allocated budget for Mile 2 Central Prisons. David Colley described the 21st July 22 celebration during which President Jammeh announced granting amnesty to more than 200 prisoners as […]
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Pardoning Prisoners And Gambians In The Diaspora: Applaudable, But…
By Ebou Gaye The news of pardoning of prisoners and Gambians in the Diaspora by the Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has been received with mixed feelings and reactions. While many people qualify it as a welcome gesture, some opine that it should be treated with caution. Jammeh’s supporters and the […]
Released Gambian Prisoners Fleeing To Avoid Re-arrest
Many of the reported 200 detainees released from Gambia’s notorious Mile 2 prison in Banjul are trying to get out of the country as soon as possible in order to avoid being picked up by police again, according to a former Gambian high-ranking official who has had contact with those […]
DUGA Rejects Jammeh’s Clemency
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 […]
Prisoner Pardon Invites Mixed Reactions
The release on Friday of high profile prisoners by the authorities has prompted mixed reactions in and outside the Gambia. “We received the “amnesty” fanfare with circumspection. The dismal record of Yaya Jammeh on willfully breaking solemn constitutional oaths, religious oaths, political pledges, propensity for half-truths and stupendous deceptive disposition, conditioned us to receive […]
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, […]
Jammeh Gets Letter From Grave
Today, July 22, 2015, is President Yahya Jammeh’s twenty-first anniversary in power. To mark this day, the numerous Gambians murdered under the Jammeh regime are crying out for justice in a joint letter to West Africa’s King of Impunity. These victims, who are tired of waiting for justice, have expressed […]
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 […]
‘Jammeh’s Amnesty Is Ridiculous’
Gambia Consultative Council Press Release GCC rejects amnesty as ridiculous; calls for release of all prisoners and more On July 23rd, 2015, Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh began releasing prisoners from some of the worst prisons in Africa. On the same day, President Barack Obama left Washington, DC. for second trip to […]
Amnesty Should Include All Those Detained For Expressing Dissent
The release of at least 200 prisoners is a welcome step forward for human rights in Gambia, but should go further to release other prisoners of conscience still detained in the country , Amnesty International said today. President Yahya Jammeh has this afternoon released at least 200 prisoners, following his […]
Tamba’s Picture Speaks Volume
As the old saying goes, pictures speak louder than words. As such a picture adds flavour and meaning to a story. That is exactly manifested in the case of Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba who is visibly seen old and unrecognisable as he left prison this morning. The question becomes […]
Darboe: Free All Political Prisoners
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has called on President Yahya Jammeh to take full advantage of the opportunity to turn over a new page and release all political prisoners. “President Jammeh was very specific in his statement on July 22,” the leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party told Kairo News. […]