Month: September 2021

Victims of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship had their hopes of getting justice any time soon dashed as the truth commission failed to release its much-anticipated report as promised ...

By Janet Sankale The trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru is scheduled to start before the International Criminal Court on February 15, 2022. “The chamber has considered all the above ...

The government of Sudan has been urged to respect its citizens’ right to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. In a statement issued on September 27, 2021, the African ...

Stalled legal reforms have left in the statute books oppressive laws that could be used to trample on the rights and freedoms of Gambians, especially as the presidential elections approach, ...

By Janet Sankale and Mary Wasike                                                  ...

By Janet Sankale The Prosecution has released 435 more reviewed documents to lawyer Paul Gicheru’s defence, bringing to 717 the total number of pieces of evaluated evidence it has lined ...

The United Nations and the international community have been urged to ensure that monitoring of the human rights situation in Burundi continues. UK International Ambassador for Human Rights Rita French ...

By Journalists For Justice Reporter “That is a betrayal of the victims of this country. It is a betrayal of the people of this country.” The words of lawyer Essa ...

By Janet Sankale Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru's first status conference will go on as scheduled today, Friday, September 24, after the International Criminal Court dismissed his request to suspend the ...

The rejection of Central African Republic’s Mahamat Said Abdel Kani’s appeal against a decision on victims’ applications to participate has moved his case closer to the opening of his confirmation ...