The GIZ recently organised a stakeholders meeting with civil society organisations working on sexual and gender-based violence. The meeting took place on 28th February at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center in Bijilo. According to the organisers, the “Police Programme Africa – Joint EU-German Support to the Gambia Police (Phase 2)”, […]
Human Rights
Melville wins massively against the Attorney General and Inspector General of Police
The high court in Brikama has made a declaration that Melville’s fundamental human rights to property has been violated. Thus, an order that the said Jewelleries must be returned immediately within 14 days, failure of which the respondents must pay the sum of $50,000 to Melville. The court made a […]
Celebrating the People of Senegal! Only the People Can Liberate Themselves!!
First, to say that when men and women without conscience are entrusted with public office, they turn it into a tool for personal self-aggrandizement. They personalize public institutions and resources and then weaponize laws against the very people who put them in power. They demonstrate total disregard of the Constitution […]
Supreme Islamic Council represents one symptom of a Gambian disease. Islamic Salafist populism has failed to find its footing within our democracy
Fatoumatta: History will remember President Yahya Jammeh, among others, for enacting significant legislation banning the harmful cultural and traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ensuring quality and fair representation of women in positions of political leadership within the executive, judiciary, and legislature branches during his rule. I will […]