The Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union C/O H.E Jean Ping, Chairperson, Chairperson, African Union Commission Addis Ababa Ethiopia Thursday, January 24, 2011 GAMBIAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND PARTNERS CAUTION AGAINST A PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMANSHIP Your Excellencies, On the eve of the African Union …
In accordance with the organizational by-laws, the general membership of Save the Gambia Democracy Project (STGDP) elected a Management Committee to run the affairs of the organization for the next two years on Saturday January 21, 2012. The Management Committee comprises of six officials as: Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary General, Public Relations Officer, Treasurer, and …
Banjul 20.01.12: ARTICLE 19 is appalled by the conviction and prison sentence handed to Amadou Scattred Janneh, a former Minister of Information and Communication, and six others, for distributing t-shirts calling for democratic change in the Gambia. ARTICLE 19 urges the Gambian courts to quash the conviction of Janneh and his co-accused and release them …
Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of four activists arrested over the distribution of T-shirts calling for an end to dictatorship in Gambia. One activist, Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, the country’s former Minister for Information and Communication, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour for treason. Three other men – Modou …
The Coalition for Change The Gambia and Civil Society Associations Gambia vehemently denounce and condemn the guilty verdict, conviction and life imprisonment, today of Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh and three others, namely Modou Keita, Ebrima Jallow, Micheal Ucheh Thomas for the printing and distribution of T-Shirts with the Slogan “Coalition for Change The Gambia, End …