July 05

• Gambia: New Bill Stifles Online Dissent

  A new bill in the Gambia which could impose lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines for criticising government officials on the internet is an outrageous attack on freedom of... Read more »

May 14

• Gambia: Activist Freed - Journalist Still Missing [press release]

  A Gambian activist detained by the authorities after peacefully expressing his views has been released - but there is still no news about a journalist missing for seven years,... Read more »

April 18

• Gambia: 'They Had No Idea They Were Going to Be Executed'

  Social activist and former Minister of Information, Amadou Janneh, was found guilty of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in January 2012 for printing and distributing... Read more »

September 17, 2012

• Gambia: Execution Moratorium is Not Enough - Amnesty Int'l [press release]

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's conditional moratorium on executions of death row prisoners leaves at least 38 people at great risk of execution, Amnesty International said today. Read more »

September 11, 2012

• Gambia: Charges Against Journalists Over Executions Demo Must Be Dropped

  Charges against two journalists detained after they applied for permission to hold a peaceful protest over the executions of nine death row inmates must be dropped by the Gambian... Read more »

August 28, 2012

• Gambia: Dozens of Death Row Prisoners in Gambia Risk Imminent Execution [press release]

  At least 38 people still on death row in The Gambia are at imminent risk of execution following official confirmation nine other death row inmates were put to death last week as... Read more »

August 21, 2012

• Gambia: President Asked to Retract Execution Order for Death Row Inmates

  Gambian president Yahya Jammeh's reported comments that people sentenced to death in The Gambia will be executed by September must not be acted on, and must be retracted, Amnesty... Read more »

July 23, 2012

• Gambia: Amnesty Calls for Anti-Govt Activist To Be Freed [press release]

  An activist serving life imprisonment with hard labour for printing and distributing T-shirts calling for an end to the dictatorship in The Gambia must be freed, Amnesty... Read more »

June 15, 2012

• Africa: High Expectations for the New International Criminal Court Prosecutor [press release]

  The inauguration of Fatou Bensouda as the second ever International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor signals a new era in international justice and the potential for a more robust... Read more »

January 18, 2012

• Gambia: Govt Must Release Activists Jailed for Distributing T-Shirts [press release]

  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 the Gambia. Read more »