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Human-rights group wants condemnation of Gambian leader
Serre Kunda :: Gambia | 11 days ago
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Trinidad, there was need for the former British colonies to send a message condemning his public statement to kill human-rights advocates. "The gravity of the threat remains as does the unequivocal repudiation of the fundamental principles of the Commonwealth.
Tags: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI, Gambian, secretary general, rights group, Gambia, Serre Kunda, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Gambia, Politics, Commonwealth Family, Yahya Jammeh
Ahmadinejad leaves Banjul for Brasilia
Tehrān :: Iran | 13 days ago
Credibility In comments that were made after talks with the Gambian president, Ahmadinejad said that Tehran and Banjul enjoyed "cordial" relations that still had room for further expansion. He added that Iran was series about promoting economic and political ties...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Brazil, Iranian, Gambian, brazilians protest, Venezuela, Banjul International Airport, Iran, Tehrān, Gambia River, Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia, Foreign relations of The Gambia, Politics, Local Government Areas of The Gambia, Banjul, President of Iran, Government of Iran, Politics of Iran, Homophobia, Silva, Brazil ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, International reaction to the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Luiz Inￃﾡcio Lula da Silva, Controversies surrounding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Holocaust deniers, Antisemitism, Social Issues, Iranian election protests, Iranian presidential election, Iran￢ﾀﾓIsrael relations, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel, Foreign relations of Venezuela, Shimon Peres
Gambia: Police detains opposition leader
A leading opposition figure in the West African state of Gambia is reported to have been arrested by the country’s police. Mr Femi Peters, Propaganda Secretary of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party, was picked up...
Tags: Leading opposition, West African, Femi Peters, Gambian, UDP, Captain Yahya Jammeh, Opposition, Serrekunda, coup, disappearances, torture, killings
Gambia frees jailed journalists
Banjul :: Gambia | 3 months ago
Credibility A government statement confirmed the decree by Mr Jammeh but gave no reason for his decision. The six were found guilty of defamation and sedition in August and sentenced to two years in jail. They had questioned Mr Jammeh's declaration that the government...
Gambia media jail terms 'unjust'
Serre Kunda :: Gambia | 4 months ago
Credibility A media watchdog has criticised two-year jail terms handed down to six Gambian journalists for publishing a statement criticising the president. They were found guilty of six counts of defamation and sedition. The journalists had questioned Yahya Jammeh's...
Tags: Gambian, Yahya Jammeh, jailed terms
Gambian detainee feared at risk of torture
Serre Kunda :: Gambia | 8 months ago
Credibility A Gambian man apparently arrested for writing articles criticizing the use of witch doctors by the government is at risk of torture, advocates say. Amnesty International said in a release Wednesday it is concerned that Halifa Sallah could be tortured...
Tags: Gambian, The Gambia, witch doctors, Amnesty International, Yahya Jammeh, protection guard, president yahya, personal protection
Gambia Britons admitting sedition
Banjul :: Gambia | 11 months ago
Credibility David and Fiona Fulton were arrested last month after allegedly criticising the government of the predominantly Muslim country. Their lawyer has asked for them not to be sentenced until next week. They are also believed to have asked the court to show...
Tags: Gambian, pleads guilty, Muslim
Madrid plane crash footage released
Madrid :: Spain | about 1 year ago
Credibility The August 20 crash of the Spanair MD-82 flight from Madrid to the Canary Islands killed almost all of the 172 people on the plane...The video also has a recording of a phone call from the airport control tower to the operation centre. The caller says...
Tags: crash, plane crash, plane, killed, smoke, Madrid, Gambian
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