The United Nations human rights chief today urged Gambian authorities to impose an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty, after nine people were executed on Sunday and President Yahya Jammeh announced that all remaining death row inmates
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Executions in The Gambia
An independent United Nations human rights expert today strongly condemned the recent execution of nine people in the Gambia, and called on the Government to refrain from executing an additional 39 people reported to be on death row. “This stream…
Muslim Cleric Deported from Kenya to Gambia Accused of Racial Hatred
Liam Clifford writes for GlobalVisas:The notorious Muslim-cleric Abdullah al-Faisal, who was deported by UK immigration in 2006, has been deported from Kenya to Gambia.Kenya has announced the deportation of Jamaican born Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal, infamous for preaching racial hatred.Faisal…
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Corruption: It’s A Guy Thing?
By Dan Harris
Read an absolutely fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal on Gambian airline safety. The article is entitled, In Africa, Aviation Woes Defeat a Zealous Watchdog, and its focus is on apparently trumped up corruption charges against aviation reformer, Ms.…