Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Gambia · 2019
Gambian president accepts appeal to discontinue Faraba trial
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Gambian presidency accepted an appeal to discontinue the Faraba Banta trial, and the suspension of two officials was lifted. The sources reviewed do not say what sand mining at Faraba Banta did to the shoreline or to the village.
What?
Gambia's president accepted an appeal to discontinue the trial linked to Faraba Banta, including charges against police and civilian defendants. State House of The Gambia
Where?
Faraba Banta, The Gambia State House of The Gambia
When?
Who?
Gained
- Police and civilian defendants — charges discontinued after the presidential appeal State House of The Gambia
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Presidential acceptance of an appeal for discontinuance of the trial. State House of The Gambia
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
According to State House, President Barrow accepted an appeal for the discontinuance of the Faraba trial, including the charges against police and civilian defendants.
The suspension of two officials placed on leave in the case was lifted.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: in June 2018 police fired live ammunition at a protest against a sand-mining operation linked to Julakay at Faraba Banta, killing two people and wounding at least six (Human Rights Watch).
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what charges the defendants faced, or whether any defendant was convicted.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the mining permits or the environmental effects of the sand extraction.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- President Barrow accepts appeal for the discontinuance of Faraba trialState House of The Gambia · 2019