Gambia: No Detainee Should Be Kept for More Than 72 Hours Without Charge and Court Appearance

As more family members of those who are suspected of perpetrating the insurgency of 30th December 2015 are put under arrest we must remind the authorities of their constitutional responsibility to either declare a state of emergency or abide by section 19 of the constitution which establishes a 72 hour limit to detention before court appearance .

The standards established for detainees during a state of emergency are as follows:

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