Yahya Jammeh - The African Mirror

Dec

2020

Britain sanctions 11 individuals over human rights violations

BRITAIN has imposed sanctions on 11 individuals, including the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, in a coordinated move with the United States on human rights violations. "The UK and our allies are shining a light on the severe and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by those sanctioned today," foreign minister Dominic Raab said in a statement. Others named in the sanctions were security figures and officials from Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan and Gambia, including Jammeh's wife. - Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Nov

2020

By The African Mirror

Gambian survivors to speak out in film about rape under ex-president Jammeh

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NELLIE PEYTON A former beauty queen who testified she was raped by Gambia's ex-president Yahya Jammeh is making a documentary to tell the stories of other women sexually abused under the former regime. Fatou Jallow, known as Toufah, said the film will feature up to ten women, most of whom testified alongside her at Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), often being shamed and rejected as liars after speaking out publicly. The 24-year-old captured the tiny West African nation's attention last year when she told a live-broadcast hearing that she was locked in a room and violently assaulted by…

Sep

2020

By The African Mirror

Gambia MPs reject retroactive bill curbing term limits as unlawful

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GAMBIAN lawmakers loyal to President Adama Barrow said they had voted against a new constitution that would have barred him from serving two more terms because the charter's retroactive provision was unlawful. After days of intense debate, 31 lawmakers in the West African nation's parliament voted to reject the draft constitution on Tuesday, while 21 voted to approve it for a national referendum. The laws included a new two-term limit for presidents, which would have applied retroactively, preventing Barrow from emulating other West African leaders who have recently used new constitutions as reset buttons on their mandates. "We don't legally…