Gambia: NHRC Chairperson Urges Urgent Government Action to Address Conflicts Caused By Caste System in URR, Other Parts of the Gambia

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Emmanuel Daniel Joof, has expressed in a Media Release, the Commission’s extreme concern about the alleged fine and in lieu banishment imposed on one Musa Trawally by the Alkalo of Garawol village in the Upper River Region (URR), for leading a congregational prayers on Tobaski Day, as reported on the Foroyaa Newspaper of 11th August 2020 with the caption: ‘Man Ordered to Vacate Garawol After Leading Supposed Slave Class in Prayers’; That equall