PRESS STATEMENT 1st February 2024. The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) is very concerned with the recent public outcry concerning the pardon of convicted prisioners by the President of the Republic in exercise of his powers enshrined in Section 82 of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The […]
The lawsuit filed by Lawyer Melville Robertson Roberts (Plaintiff) against Aisha Tamba (1st Respondent), a journalist who was working at The Standard Newspaper and The Standard Newspaper (2nd Respondent) resumed on Wednesday, 6th December 2023 before Justice Isatou Janneh of the High Court in Bundung. Aisha Tamba and The Standard […]
Press statement: (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern […]
A German regional court on Thursday sentenced a former member of a death squad from The Gambia to life in jail. The court found 47-year-old Bai Lowe guilty of crimes against humanity, murder and attempted murder for his role as a driver for the so-called “Junglers” military unit which operated in the West African nation. […]