14.06.2008 - Source:US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

"World Refugee Survey 2008"

Annual report on conditions affecting refugees and asylum seekers in 2007 [ID 99939]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99624]

27.06.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 67/08 (AFR 49/002/2008, 10 March 2008) [AFR 49/003/2008]"

Gambian journalist Yahya Danfa has been granted asylum in Sweden; he had been in hiding in Senegal with his family, but had been threatened there by Gambian security agents [ID 99255]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest; Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders and on obstacles to freedom of association in 2007 [ID 98674]

17.06.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6160 (ACC-GMB-6160)"

Medical treatment of type 2 diabetes   [ID 98548]

09.06.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Regional court orders Gambia to release journalist missing since arrest in July 2006"

Regional court orders Gambia to release journalist missing since arrest in July 2006 [ID 98347]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98107]

06.06.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"CPJ urges Gambia to abide by ruling, free Ebrima Manneh"

A regional court declares the 2006 arrest of  journalist Ebrima Manneh to be illegal ordering his immediate release [ID 98065]

03.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Two held in Gambia on gay charges"

2 Spanish men arrested on gay charges; last month, President Jammeh threatened to behead gay people at a political rally and said they had 24 hours to leave the country; homosexual sex is illegal, those convicted of consensual homosexual acts face jail terms of up to 14 years [ID 97834]

01.2008 - Source:UN General Assembly

"UNGASS Country Progress Report"

Country report to the UN General Assembly on the progress in responding to HIV/AIDS [ID 97793]

28.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 97386]

23.05.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Gay death threat condemned"

Gay activists condemn president's threat to "cut off the heads" of homosexuals [ID 97073]

05.2008 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child Soldiers Global Report 2008"

Report on recruitment and use of child soldiers (events between April 2004 and October 2007) [ID 97019]

16.05.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6086 (ACC-GMB-6086)"

Opposition (especially United Democratic Party, UDP) [ID 96951]

04.04.2008 - Source:UK Home Office

"Country of Origin Information Key Documents; Gambia"

Background information and index to key source documents on Gambia [ID 94918]

28.03.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Second anniversary of police raid that effectively banned independent weekly"

Reporters Without Borders calls on government to lift illegal and unofficial ban that has prevented independent newspaper from publishing for past 2 years [ID 94273]

19.03.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Tentative d'enlèvement de M. Yaya Dampha [SEN 001 / 0308 / OBS 040]"

Attempted kidnapping of Gambian journalist Yaya Dampha in Senegalese exile [ID 93974]

14.03.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Letter to interior minister about harassment of exiled Gambian journalists in Senegal"

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urge Senegalese authorities to end operations to intimidate exiled Gambian journalists [ID 93654]

10.03.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 67/08 [AFR 49/002/2008]"

Yahya Danfa, a Gambian journalist living in Senegal, is at risk of enforced disappearance at the hands of Gambian security agents who are among a delegation attending an international meeting in Dakar [ID 93280]

11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93227]

04.03.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 60/08 [AFR 27/001/2008]"

Former National Intelligence Agency officer Yahya Bajinka has been detained in secret since the 15 April 2007; he is now known to have been tortured, and is being denied medical attention in an attempt to keep his detention secret [ID 93039]

13.02.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 92741]

13.02.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-5938 (ACC-GMB-5938)"

Psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and psychological treatment (especially of PTSD); mental health care [ID 91681]

11.04.2007 - Source:World Health Organization

"Effective and Humane Mental Health Treatment and Care for All; Country Summary Series: Republic of the Gambia"

Report on mental health (demographic and socio-economic context, factors influencing mental health needs and services, burden of mental disorders and treatment gap, mental health system) [ID 91658]