Samsudeen Phatey, a Gambian journalist and an activist based in the USA has on 6th December 2022 testified in the ongoing case against Fatou Touray, CEO of Kerr Fatou, and Fatoumata Drammeh, widely known as Tima La Waato of Paradise Tv at the Brikama Magistrate’s Court. The two accused persons […]
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Two Civilians, Police Officer Charged With Concealment of Treason & Conspiracy
Press Release Dated: 03rd January, 2023 Banjul, The Gambia — In the wake of the recently foiled coup plot to unseat the democratically-elected Government of President Adama Barrow, investigators have linked two men, Mr. Mustapha Jabbi, a resident of Brikama and Mr. Saikuba Jabbi, resident of Brusubi, both in the […]
Weaponizing Laws and Institutions to Scare and Silence Citizens
2023 Call to Action: Stand up to Defend the Constitution and the Republic. The illegal arrest and detention of Momodou Sabally is one too many that we have continuously witnessed in this country since 2017. We have had several individuals who would be called to come to a police station […]
Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison
A court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said Friday. Three women soldiers among the original group detained in July, and who were freed in early September, were sentenced […]