Human rights in the Gambia

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Human rights in the Gambia have been considered poor under Yahya Jammeh.[1] In December, 2016, he lost an election to Adama Barrow, who promised to improve human rights in his country.[2] The "Freedom in the World" report for 2018 ranked the Gambia as "partly free".[3] LGBT activity is illegal, and punishable with life imprisonment.[4]

References

  1. "Gambia" (in en). Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/africa/gambia. Retrieved 2017-11-02. 
  2. "The Gambia: President Adama Barrow pledges reforms". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. "Gambia, The". freedomhouse.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  4. "The Gambia passes bill imposing life sentences for some homosexual acts" (in en-GB). The Guardian. 2014-09-08. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/09/gambia-passes-bill-life-imprisonment-homosexual-acts. Retrieved 2017-11-02.