By Lamin Njie
Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violations on Thursday carpeted the police for granting APRC a permit to protest.
Thousands of APRC adherents led by party chiefs on Thursday staged a protest demanding the return to the country of former president Yahya Jammeh.
Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violation, the body providing support to hundreds of Gambians who were victims of Jammeh’s tyranny issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying the protest is a mockery of ‘all victims’ of Jammeh’s rule.
“While we recognise their right to protest, we believe that it is not done in good faith and it is geared towards mocking a nation. This party is demanding the return of a man who tried to stifle the voices of Gambians at all costs; who has brutalised, maimed, killed, sexually abused, tortured and victimised Gambians and non-Gambians in many ways.
“Thus, we have also requested for a permit to stage a peaceful protest on the 23rd of January 2020 from the Arch 22 to the police headquarters in Banjul, to express our dissatisfaction with the issuance of the permit to APRC,” the group said.
