Press Statements

EFSCRJ is deeply concerned about The Gambia’s persistent electricity crisis, which is disrupting livelihoods, healthcare, education, water supply and the enjoyment of fundamental rights. Citizens are paying for electricity yet continue to endure prolonged outages, exposing serious failures of leadership,…

The 2026 WASSCE results expose a national education emergency: only 7.13% of candidates obtained five credits, including English and Mathematics, while 7,212 obtained no credit in any subject. EFSCRJ calls on the Government to urgently establish a National Education Rescue…

EFSCRJ calls on Imam Baba Leigh to resign from the National Human Rights Commission or be removed through due process following his tribalist remark that “the Mandinka always like to be angry.” A Commissioner entrusted with defending equality, dignity and…

EFSCRJ has released its latest Election Watch Status Report as The Gambia moves closer to the December 2026 Presidential Election. The report highlights emerging concerns around inflammatory and derogatory political rhetoric, abuse of incumbency, selective law enforcement, money in politics,…

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…