The National Human Rights Commission has called on the Gambia government to amend the criminal code and criminalise torture.
The commission in its annual report said reports reached it from ‘different media outlets’ in 2019 of torture perpetuated by some members of the Gambia Police Force.
“This was meted on [sic] one Ousman Darboe and Ali Cham commonly known as Killa Ace, a singer and youth activist who was tried and convicted by the Kanifing Magistrates Court on 13 January 2020 with various counts including prohibition of conduct conducive to breach of the peace and assaulting a police officer,” the commission said in its annual report 2019.
The commission then recommended that the government ‘amend the criminal code and criminalise torture’.
The commission is also calling for the adoption of domestic legislation implementing the Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.
