The Gambia Reparations Commission, together with the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), the Alliance of Victim-Led Organizations (AVLO), and with support from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), will conduct a nationwide capacity-building training programme for women victims on gender-sensitive forms of reparations.

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The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court has refused bail to accused rapist Saikou Sowe Sidibeh and ordered him remanded at Mile Two Prison. However, the court granted bail to his co-accused, Jawara, in the sum of D100,000 with two responsible adults as sureties in connection with an alleged rape case involving an underage girl.

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The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Ansumana Gassama to seven years’ imprisonment after convicting him of an unnatural offence involving a 10-year-old boy in the Kanifing Municipality.

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Human Rights Defenders from Western Sahara have written a formal letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul calling for an investigation into their censoring at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center (SDKJ-ICC) during the ACHPR’s 87th Ordinary Session earlier this year.

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The President of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), Ms. Isatou Keita, has urged journalists to exercise greater care when reporting on children, warning that a story told without consideration for a child’s rights and dignity can quickly spread beyond the newsroom and have lasting consequences on their lives.

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The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court has convicted Ansumana Gassama, a Gambian adult, for engaging in an unnatural act involving a male minor in Kanifing Municipality.

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On Tuesday, 28 July 2026, the Raise the Young Foundation successfully launched the maiden edition of the Girls Summer Bantaba at the Kanifing Municipal Library. The event marked the beginning of a transformative journey designed to empower young women with leadership skills, knowledge, confidence, and the tools needed to become active agents of change in their communities.

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Former soldier Sanna Manjang, whom the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission has mentioned as committing serious crimes, including torture, during the former regime, has taken the witness stand for the first time in his trial before the High Court in Banjul.

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Multiple news outlets have reported that South African mobs have broken into homes where African migrants reside, arresting them, parading them through the streets, and handing them over to the police on 9th July 2026.

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The Gambia’s Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act 2023 is facing renewed scrutiny after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) confirmed that it “received 11 allegations of torture” against security personnel in 2025. However, despite the law being in force for three years, no case has yet reached the courts, a magistrate has confirmed to Askanwi.

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The Women’s Association for Women and Victims Empowerment (WAVE) launched its annual human rights festival at Makumbaya on 20th June 2026, with a day of panel discussions, cultural performances, face painting and a documentary screening.

At the opening session, the Executive Secretary of the Reparations Commission announced that the Commission has disbursed D20 million in reparations to victims and is in the process of distributing an additional D5 million this year.

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The Gambia could soon impose a minimum fine of D3 million on individuals convicted of “aggravated migrant smuggling,” as lawmakers continue scrutinising the proposed Immigration Bill 2026, which seeks to criminalise migrant smuggling for the first time in the country’s history.

More in this parliamentary report.