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Gambia: President Jammeh Halts Executions Amid Outcry
Ghanaian Chronicle, 17 September 2012
The Gambian president has suspended the execution of prisoners on death row, amid an international outcry. Read more »
Gambia: President Jammeh Halts Executions Amid Outcry
The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has suspended further executions of prisoners following an international outcry, but warned that the halt could be only temporary.
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Gambia: 'President Jammeh Agrees Suspension of Execution'
Daily Observer, 14 September 2012
President Yahya Jammeh has agreed to suspend further execution of death row inmates, says former Senegalese prime minister. Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye made this disclosureafter a… Read more »
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Gambia: Mass Executions Awaken Worry
RNW Africa, 13 September 2012
It's been sleepless nights for a young man in the Netherlands ever since Gambia's president announced that 47 prisoners would be executed this month. The news haunts this man, who… Read more »
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Gambia: Gambia - No Light at the End of the Tunnel
Fahamu, 13 September 2012
Repressed by their government for years, the force for change in Gambia is likely to come from citizens finding the courage to 'seek another way, from another place'. Read more »
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Gambia: Gambian Journalists Charged After Requesting to Protest Against Executions
IFEX, 11 September 2012
ARTICLE 19 calls on the Gambian police to immediately release and drop all charges brought against two journalists that were detained while trying to apply for necessary permission… Read more »
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Gambia: Chief Justice Talks on Death Penalty
Daily Observer, 11 September 2012
The chief justice (CJ) has made his first public comment on the burning issue of the death penalty which came in the wake of the execution of nine death row inmates last month,… Read more »
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Gambia: Nyimasata Says Executions Are Lawful
Daily Observer, 11 September 2012
Veteran politician and Gambia's first elected female Member of Parliament, who is no strange personality in the country's political circle, have added her voice to the chorus of… Read more »
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Gambia: Ihrda Expresses Concern About the Execution of Nine Convicted Prisoners On Death Row
IHRDA, 6 September 2012
In a meeting with the Gambian Attorney General and Minister of Justice at his office in Banjul on 31 August 2012, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA)… Read more »
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Gambia: GSIC Supports the Death Penalty
Daily Observer, 6 September 2012
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council has strongly defended the death penalty being recently implemented in the country in which nine death row inmates where executed according to the… Read more »
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Gambia: VP Condemns Politicisation of Executions
Daily Observer, 3 September 2012
The vice president and minister f Women's Affairs has strongly condemned the politicisation of the recent execution of nine death row prisoners, by certain people in the country… Read more »
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Nigeria: CDD Condemns Gambia Over Prisoners Execution
Daily Trust, 3 September 2012
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has condemned the execution of 9 prisoners including a woman by the Gambian government, saying the executions were flagrant disregard… Read more »
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Gambia: UN Calls for Moratorium on Prisoner Executions
UN News, 30 August 2012
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… Read more »
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Gambia: Dozens of Death Row Prisoners in Gambia Risk Imminent Execution
AI London, 28 August 2012
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 »
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The rights group Amnesty International is warning that more prisoners in the Gambia risk execution following official confirmation that nine other death row inmates were put to ... Read more »
