‘Criminalising insults against only president, public officials, discriminatory’

[The Standard - The Gambia] - 12/06/2025
By Tabora Bojang Human rights and good governance activist group the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice EFSCR, has expressed concern and reservations about a provision in the Criminal Offences Act which criminalises insults against senior government officials with a jail term of (…)
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