Press Statements

The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice has released its Human Rights Incident Report for July 2026, produced under our Monitoring, Documentation and Accountability program. The report documents eight significant incidents affecting the rights, dignity, and safety of…

EFSCRJ strongly condemns President Adama Barrow’s unconstitutional appointment of Edi M.O. Faal as Chief Justice while the tenure of Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow had not expired. The appointment lacks transparency disregards the constitutional requirements under Section 139 and undermines…

EFSCRJ HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: JANUARY–JUNE 2026 EFSCRJ has released its Human Rights Situation Report documenting 17 incidents involving alleged arbitrary arrests, police brutality, restrictions on peaceful assembly, child abuse, rape, violent deaths, road crashes, fires, unsafe migration and unexplained death.…

Ten Years After Jammeh: The Struggle Against Self-Perpetuating Rule Continues Ten years ago, Gambians courageously ended 22 years of Yaya Jammeh’s tyranny. We rejected dictatorship, corruption, impunity, abuse of power and self-perpetuating rule. We voted for democracy, human rights, justice…

EFSCRJ Calls for Stronger Human Rights Protection Following NHRC Briefing The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice has welcomed the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) latest public briefing and the release of its 2025 human rights reports, describing…

The office of the Chief Justice is too important for uncertainty or opacity. EFSCRJ calls on President Adama Barrow to make public the constitutional basis, qualifications, and process that informed the appointment of Mr. Edi M.O. Faal as Chief Justice.…

Integrity is the first line of defence against corruption. As Africa marks African Anti-Corruption Day 2026, EFSCRJ reminds the Government and all Gambians that corruption remains one of the greatest threats to democracy, human rights, development, and national stability. Three…

Two Court Rulings. One Wake-Up Call. In just two days, two courts exposed a disturbing truth. The Supreme Court ruled that the Police acted unconstitutionally in forcibly evicting former Auditor General Momodou Ceesay from his office. The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court…

The Supreme Court rightly declared the removal of Auditor General Momodou Ceesay and his forcible eviction from office unconstitutional. However, by refusing to order his reinstatement and imposing no meaningful consequences on those responsible, the Court missed a critical opportunity…