PUBLIC STATEMENT EFSCRJ Calls for the Establishment of the Anti-Corruption Commission Today, December 9 is the International Anti-Corruption Day, designated by the United Nations in 2003 to raise awareness about corruption. The theme of the Day is, ‘Time to Tackle the Murky World of Climate Negotiations.’ The theme focuses on […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT Public Institutions Fail to Comply with Access to Information Act 2021 The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice informs the public that after submitting requests for information to six public institutions on 14th October 2024, all of them failed to comply with the Access to Information […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT Concern over Police Action against University Students On Monday December 2nd, students at the University of the Gambia staged a demonstration within the premises of the Law Faculty to express their grievances at the dismissal of two lecturers Dr. Alieu Gibba and Prof. Matarr Njie by the University authorities. […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT Eight years ago, Gambians under the auspices of the 2016 Grand Coalition of opposition parties voted out the autocratic regime of Yaya Jammeh in the December 1 presidential election. It marked the first time in the 60 years of the nation’s history for citizens to remove a president […]