Justice Sheriff Tabally of the High Court in Brikama has on Wednesday, 7th February 2024, delivered a judgement in favour of Alagie Jabbi, a Gambian based in Canada against Gana Jeng and Muhammed Lamin Jaiteh, real estate dealers. The Plaintiff Alagie Jabbi was represented by Lawyer Malick H.B Jallow while Gana […]
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MJFC calls for urgent enactment of Legislation to guide the exercise of prerogative of mercy
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 […]
Melville Robertson‘s case against The Standard Newspaper adjourned
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 […]
GPU Welcomes Sentencing of Bai Lowe for Murder of Deyda Hydara
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 […]