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Crime Watch: Rape and other forms of sexual violence

Amnesty International & CODESRIA

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Rape by agents of a state or other officials is classified as torture in the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading...

Crime Watch: The Gambia and copyright

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Copyright is the authority one has on a job/property that prevents others from using it without permission or meet some conditions as might be...

International Women’s Day celebrated

Sunday, March 08, 2009

On Sunday 8 March, 2009, the world celebrated the International Women’s Day. It is a day that offers the world the opportunity to reflect on...

Calls for enforcement of law banning public smoking intensify

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

The debate on the deadly effects of smoking on human health has over the years gained momentum. Already, there is more than enough scientific...

Young Observer: Child labour

Monday, February 02, 2009

In this week’s Young Observer edition, we wish to bring to the attention of our readers, issues about child labour, the effects, causes, as well as...

GAMCOTRAP Sensitises Rural Communities

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The villages of Sabi, Numuyel, Bakadaji, Allunhareh and Gambisara were recently the targets of a five-day community sensitisation in the Upper River...

Life vs profit

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The debate around tobacco consumption, vis-à-vis its implication on the health of human beings, has taken a phenomenal terrain. While it is no...

Gambia Signs Cluster Munitions Convention

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

On the 3rd of December The Gambia was among 94 countries that converged on the OsloCity Hall and signed the remarkable convention to ban cluster...

Gambia Signs Cluster Munitions Convention

Friday, December 12, 2008

On the 3rd of December The Gambia was among 94 countries that converged in the Oslo City Hall and signed the remarkable convention to ban cluster...

French headscarf ban no discrimination, says European rights court

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18307

Friday, December 05, 2008

STRASBOURG: Europe's top rights court ruled Thursday that a French school ban on headscarves was not a violation of the European Convention on Human...