Tag: Gambia

Good Book, Human Rights

IN COMMEMORATION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY ” FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS FORBIDDEN HERE”Freedom of Expression is Forbidden Here. Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in The Gambia.

Reviewed by Foday Samateh. “Six armed men wearing masks came to the printing works at 2:00 a.m., fired shots into the air, and ordered the employees to lie on the ground. One of them then set fire to the new press…completely destroying it.” The police didn’t investigate the crime much […]

Human Rights, Migration

UN Human Rights Commission visits Gambia to meet returned migrants, stakeholders

A delegation from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is currently in the Gambia to monitor the human rights situation of Gambian migrants who returned from Libya. The delegation also had direct interaction with recent returnees from Libya to know their experiences, and gaps […]