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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ statement on CEPRASS’s National Opinion Poll 2025
We wish to first commend the Center for Policy, Research, and Strategic Studies (CepRass) for releasing the National Opinion Poll 2025. We welcome the conduct of such polls as...
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GAMBIA: The Edward Francis Small Declaration on Rights, Justice, and Accountable Governanace in The gambia
THE EDWARD FRANCIS SMALL DECLARATION
On Rights, Justice, and Accountable Governance in The Gambia
Adopted on 29 January 2026, on the occasion of the Commemoration of...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Statement on the Opening of the Legal Year 2026
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice welcomes the opening of the Legal Year 2026, which commenced on Sunday, 25th January 2026....
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Welcomes the Commencement of Reparations Payments to Victims
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice welcomes the announcement on the commencement of the payment of reparations to victims. We recall...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ’s Overview of Transparency and Accountability in 2025
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice dedicated the Year 2025 to promoting and demanding transparency and accountability. During the year, we...
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GAMBIA: 2026: Empowering Citizens, Ensuring Accountable Leadership
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice has declared 2026 as the Year of Empowerment, with a strategic focus on empowering citizens...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Statement on the Continued Backway Tragedies
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice expresses its profound grief and condolences to the families of the youths who lost their...
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GAMBIA: Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice Endorses the Candidacy of Dr. Satang Nabaneh
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) formally announces its endorsement of Satang Nabaneh for election to the African Committee of...
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GAMBIA: New Year Message: 2026 – The Year of Empowerment
In 2025, the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice dedicated the year to Transparency and Accountability, two of the five pillars of...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Mourns the Death of Isatou Fatty Amidst Concerns about Security and Welfare at Money Transfer Bureaus
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice mourns the untimely death of Isatou Fatty and strongly condemns the growing pattern of violent...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling on the Minister of Finance for Violation of Constitution on Budget Submission
The rule of law is the foundation of any civilized and democratic society. It is the basis upon which rights are protected and fulfilled,...
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GAMBIA: Joint Statement by EFSCRJ, GALA and TGSB on the Ministry of Agriculture’s 2025/2026 Groundnut Trade Season Announcement
We, the undersigned civil society organizations express our deep concern and strong objection to the Government’s announcement setting the 2025/2026 groundnut farm-gate price at...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Calls for Full Transparency, Due Process, and Parliamentary Oversight in the Sale of 80% of Gamcel Shares
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice expresses deep concern over the Government’s announcement to sell 80 percent of Gamcel shares to...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Calls for Full Transparency and Accountability in the Sale of Mile 2 Central Prisons
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice expresses deep concern over the reported sale of the Mile 2 Central Prisons premises to...
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GAMBIA: Joint Statement by EFSCRJ, ACTIVISTA, and GALA on International Human Rights Day 2025
10 December 2025, Metzy Hotel
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2025Theme: “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials”
Today, we, the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice,...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Public Statement on International Anti-Corruption Day
As the world observes International Anti-Corruption Day, the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice joins Gambians at home and abroad to grieve...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Concerned About the Widespread Incidence of Hate Speech, Intimidation and Disinformation during President Barrow’s 2025 “Meet the People Tour”
Introduction
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice expresses deep alarm regarding the recent developments witnessed during the 2025 ‘Meet the People Tour’...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Condemns Incendiary Comments By UDP’s Borry S Touray
EFSCRJ expresses deep concern and strong condemnation over the recent remarks made by Mr. Borry S. Touray, the UDP Administrative Secretary for Legal Affairs,...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Statement on the Ninth Anniversary of December 1, 2016
Today marks nine years since Gambians went to the polls on December 1, 2016, and courageously rejected the tyrannical regime of Yaya Jammeh. Led...
