23 Charged by Police for Unlawful Assembly (Protest)
The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, under Magistrate Thomas Fuad Touray, is hearing the case of 23 individuals charged with Unlawful Assembly and Control of Procession, with Chief Inspector Alasana E. Bah cross-examined and proceedings set to resume on October 9, 2025.
Kanifing Magistrate Court Grants Bail to 23 Protesters
On August 27, 2025, twenty-three protesters opposing PURA’s mobile internet cost increase were granted D50,000 bail each by Magistrate Thomas Touray, with a hearing scheduled for September 11, while twenty-one others arrested for obstructing police were released.
EFSCRJ Statement on the Denial of Bail to Political Prisoners and Police Brutality
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice denounces the denial of bail to political prisoners and the use of tear gas against peaceful protesters at Kanifing Magistrates Court on August 25, 2025, as violations of constitutional rights and signs of democratic backsliding in The Gambia.
