Breaking Now….
Unconfirmed reports reaching Gainako at this hour has it that Sait Matty Jaw a youth Social Justice Advocate and a junior lecturer at the University of the Gambia has been rearrested and sent straight to Mile II prisons. He is reported to be jailed along with a Nigerian and Ghanian nationals who were still being held at the NIA headquarters in Banjul since their arrest on November 6th.
On November 6, 2014, three African SFL student leaders were taken in for questioning by the Gambia’s notorious National Intelligence Agency for their alleged involvement with a human rights group called Gallup, Inc. Two of the students were later released while their leader Sait Matty Jaw, was detained without explanation for over several days.
Mr. Jaw was later released by Gambian authorities on November 21st and was not charged with any crimes. His Ghanaian and Nigerian counterparts were still in detention are both taken to Mile II prison. It is not clear why these people are being arrested but sources on the ground has it that it has to do with a human rights organization they try to register in Banjul. Gambia is known to be a hostile environment for human rights and political activists.
This is a developing story and we will update you as more information comes in from Banjul.