PRESS RELEASE: The World Court , International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday 22nd July 2022 rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full. Myanmar, now ruled by a military junta since […]
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IGP defends police action against UDP supporters, says “firing tear gas is part of the internationally accepted standard to disperse crowds“
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Gambia Police Force Abdoulie Sanyang has said that the action of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) to fire tear gas on supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) who were gathered in front of the UDP leader Hon. Ousainou Darboe’s compound along […]
Over 11,000 migrants recorded missing in Africa since 2014, Joint Communiqué reveals
A Joint Communiqué issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) & Migration Stakeholders on the fate of missing African migrants at the end of a two-day international conference organised by the above-mentioned migration stakeholders in Tunis, Tunisian from […]
“Defend the Republic”
I just want to take the opportunity to express heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to my colleagues in the civil society under the leadership of TANGO and to The Gambia Press Union and all its journalists and media houses and indeed to the People of The Gambia for your show of […]
