On 8 August 1996 the Gambian people will vote in a referendum on their future constitution. An initial draft constitution was prepared in 1995 by a Constitutional ...
News Service 143/96. AI INDEX: AFR/27/08/96. 6 AUGUST 1996. GAMBIA: THURSDAY’S REFERENDUM -- REVISED DRAFT CONSTITUTION RETAINS THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS. ...
This report describes positive developments in the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, including the abolition of the death penalty in Spain, Mauritius and ...
The more than 3000 refugees from Liberia on board the Bulk Challenge have been allowed off the freighter in the Ghanaian port of Takoradi and their situation is ...
Some 3500 refugees from the war in Liberia, who fled on the freighter Bulk Challenge, are in danger of being forcibly returned to Liberia where their lives may ...
1. France: Police officer jailed for death in custody; 2. Nigeria: More human rights activists detained for criticizing the military government; 3. Cuba: Basic ...
25 people charged with sedition: Jobarteh Manneh, Batch Samba Jallow, Mama Jawara (f), Ismaila Jawara, Adama Ceesay (f), Alhaji Mori Kebba Saidykhan, Lang Hawa ...
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 ...
