Gambia

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA

The Gambia: Erosion of human rights safeguards continues
26 January 1996

AI visited the Gambia in January 1996 to discuss its concerns about the erosion of safeguards for political detainees and the reintroduction of the death penalty ...

Report       AFR 27/002/1996

Gambia: Delegation visits Gambia to meet authorities, NGOs
11 January 1996

News Service 03/96. FOR RELEASE AFTER 11 JANUARY 1996. AI INDEX: AFR 27/01/96. GAMBIA: DELEGATION VISITS GAMBIA TO MEET AUTHORITIES, NGOs. ...

Press Release       AFR 27/001/1996

Gambia: Further information on fear of ill-treatment/ legal ...
21 November 1995

Of those arrested since 12 October 1995, only one person is known to have been released. Lawyer Ouissainu Darboe was released on 6 November - he was never brought ...

Urgent Action       AFR 27/005/1995

Gambia: Fear of ill-treatment/ legal concern: Alhaji Omar Amadou ...
23 October 1995

At least 40 people, arrested since 12 October 1995, are being held incommunicado in various places near the Gambian capital, Banjul. AI is concerned for their well ...

Urgent Action       AFR 27/004/1995

Amnesty International News, October 1995. Vol.25, No.10.
30 September 1995

1. Former Yugoslavia: 'Disappeared ' must not be forgotten (includes photograph of woman lighting candle during vigil for the "disappeared" in Zagreb, Croatia). ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/010/1995

Death Penalty News September 1995
31 August 1995

1. Moratoria on executions in Albania and Moldova; 2. Mauritius abolishes death penalty, but President refuses to sign bill; 3. Poland: Abolitionist bill drafted ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/003/1995

Gambia: Reintroduction of the death penalty - a retrograde step
15 August 1995

News service 151/95. AI INDEX: AFR 27/03/95. 16 AUGUST 1995. GAMBIA: REINTRODUCTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY - A RETROGRADE STEP. On 12 ...

Press Release       AFR 27/003/1995

Statements to the 45th session of the UN Sub-Commission on ...
31 August 1993

Presented here are the five oral statements made by Amnesty International (AI) in August 1993 in Geneva. Under item 6 AI described the practice of political killings ...

Report       IOR 41/033/1993

The Gambia: President abolishes the death penalty
23 August 1993

The Gambia has become the seventh African country to abolish the death penalty, and has announced its intention to accede to the Second Optional Protocol of the ...

Report       AFR 27/002/1993

Amnesty International News, July 1993. Vol.23, No.4.
30 June 1993

1. Peru: General accuses military of massacre. 2. Sudan: The face of repression. 3. Israel/Occupied Territories: Death in custody follows gas attack. 4. Tunisia ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/1993