The enjoyment of digital rights has received a major boost in The Gambia with a ruling by the country's Supreme Court declaring as unconstitutional the law on False Publication on the Internet, among other repressive pieces of legislation, namely defamation and aspects of Sedition.
The ruling, which also ordered the Government of The Gambia to repeal the offensive laws, followed a April 2017 civil suit filed by the MFWA's national partner organisation, Gambia Press Union (GPU).
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