The Gambia Teachers Union (GTU) has reacted to the manhandling of a teacher at Kotu Senior Secondary School by officers of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU). The GTU condemned the police against Mr. Lamin Sillah, the teacher who was put in handcuffs and driven around town before being taken to […]
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Police arrest 46-year-old Banjulian man suspected of killing Bakau taxi driver
The Gambia Police Force has announced the arrest of a 46-year-old Banjulian, suspected of killing a taxi driver and resident of Bakau. The statement of the police reads: “Following investigations into an incident of a reported missing man of Bakau, whose corpse was found in Salaji, the police have arrested […]
3 people found sitting on ship’s rudder survived an 11-day voyage from Nigeria
By Reuters and Nimi Princewill, CNN . The Spanish coast guard has rescued three people who were stowed on top of the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed by the coastguard on Monday, the migrants are shown perched on the […]
EU Parliament Backs Remedy Fund for Qatar Migrant Abuses
Human Rights in Spotlight as FIFA and Qatar’s “Just Play Football” Strategy Backfires Written by Claudio Francavilla, Senior EU Advocate. On November 24, the European Parliament urged FIFA and Qatar to compensate widespread abuses that migrant workers suffered while building the 2022 World Cup infrastructure and making the games possible. […]
