{"id":87403,"date":"2025-10-06T17:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:48:59","slug":"nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues","title":{"rendered":"NHRC Chairperson Connects Protests to Human Rights Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has attributed the ongoing protests in The Gambia to long-standing and unresolved human rights issues in the country.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking In an interview on The Brunch on Saturday, Joof reminded the public that as far back as 2018\u2014during President Adama Barrow\u2019s first year in office\u2014the Faraba Banta incident had prompted the establishment of a commission of inquiry, which made key recommendations that remain largely unimplemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only wish and hope that the duty bearers revisit the recommendations that are there,\u201d Joof said. \u201cBecause we went heavy on the issue of public order, that if it is not managed well, if we do not look at facilitation and engagement rather than confrontation and dispersal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the recommendations addressed several critical human rights concerns, including arbitrary arrests and detentions, restrictions on public assembly, delays in the justice system, and broader issues related to access to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Joof cautioned that the failure to act on these findings has contributed to the current unrest. \u201cIf these human rights issues are not addressed, they will continue to result in public demonstrations,\u201d he warned, adding that other underlying grievances could also trigger further instability if left unresolved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has attributed the ongoing protests in The Gambia to long-standing and unresolved human rights issues in the country. Speaking In an interview on The Brunch on Saturday, Joof reminded the public that as far back as 2018\u2014during President Adama Barrow\u2019s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NHRC Chairperson Connects Protests to Human Rights Issues - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has attributed the ongoing protests ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NHRC Chairperson Connects Protests to Human Rights Issues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has attributed the ongoing protests ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T17:24:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T18:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759763907.937393.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NHRC Chairperson Connects Protests to Human Rights Issues\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T17:24:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-06T18:48:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759763907.937393.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/nhrc-chairperson-connects-protests-to-human-rights-issues\",\"name\":\"NHRC Chairperson Connects Protests to Human Rights Issues - 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