I Demand a Retraction and an Apology from the President. Today, 2nd August I received a letter from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) conveying to me guarantees from the Gambia Government that they would protect “my fundamental human rights at all times in accordance with the Constitution and other […]
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ICJ Rejects Myanmar’s Objections To A Genocide Case Over Its Treatment Of The Muslim Rohingya Minority
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 […]
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 […]
