Gambia

Truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) mechanisms may be seen by many African governments as the most effective problem–solving mechanisms that bring the victims, the perpetrators, and the communities together to deal with the legacy of past human rights violations, but have any of them worked

On the night of the 23 August 2012, the infamous Mile 2 Prison was shaken by the surprise execution of nine prisoners, seven Gambians and two Senegalese.

The Union of Murdered Gambians
Central Cemetery of Victims of the Jammeh Regime
Banjul, The Gambia
July 22, 2015

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia
Private Mail Bag
State House
Banjul, The Gambia

The Gambia is celebrating her 50th anniversary of attaining national sovereignty. This independence, far from being celebrated with joy and harmony, is taking place at a time when the country is bruised, divided and darkened by the persecutions of the past 20 years that have spared no one.

The Equal Rights Trust has today written to the President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, urging him not to sign the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill 2014 which includes a provision criminalising “aggravated homosexuality” and punishing it with life imprisonment.

Recently in the month of October 2013 the West African state, The Gambia, withdrew from the British Commonwealth. The latter is the 54-member grouping including Britain and most of its former colonies.

Legislators in The Gambia recently passed a bill that clamps down on free expression on the internet.

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