{"id":91345,"date":"2025-12-04T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:36:15","slug":"gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press","title":{"rendered":"Gambian Minister Criticizes Rights Activists and Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ebrima Sillah, the minister of transport, works, and infrastructure, on Tuesday, accused Gambian human rights advocates and media organizations of remaining silent over controversial remarks made by Borry Touray, the United Democratic Party\u2019s deputy administrative secretary for legal and human rights affairs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a joint meeting in Bundung during President Adama Barrow\u2019s ongoing \u201cMeet the People Tour,\u201d Mr. Sillah said that activists who routinely criticize the government had remained conspicuously quiet about Mr. Touray\u2019s comments. He added that some media outlets regularly cast government initiatives in a negative light but had \u201crefused to highlight or condemn\u201d the UDP politician\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is saddest,\u201d the minister said, \u201cis that when Borry Touray made these remarks, the party he represents\u2014and on whose platform he spoke\u2014did not come out to condemn it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Touray, a lawyer and vocal opposition figure, has attracted criticism in recent days for comments interpreted by some as denigrating Gambians who do not support the UDP and for suggesting the party was prepared to \u201cdie\u201d if President Barrow pursued a third-term bid. The UDP has not publicly disavowed the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing supporters in Kanifing Municipality, Mr. Sillah warned smaller opposition groups to scrutinize their alliances carefully, arguing that Mr. Touray\u2019s rhetoric implied that the UDP saw itself as superior to would-be coalition partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is telling you that the UDP is cleaner and better than you,\u201d the minister said. \u201cYet they still want your votes and your partnership. Be careful of the party you choose to align with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sillah also directed criticism to a wide swath of Gambian society\u2014including teachers, religious leaders, civil servants, and security personnel\u2014saying Mr. Touray\u2019s comments were effectively an insult to anyone outside the UDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hear such words, you must ask yourselves what kind of politics these people are bringing into this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Mr. Touray\u2019s declaration that the UDP was willing to fight over a potential third-term bid by Mr. Barrow, the minister reiterated that the president would remain the governing National People\u2019s Party\u2019s flag bearer. \u201cIf they are afraid,\u201d he said of the opposition, \u201cthey can leave the race.\u201d<\/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. Ebrima Sillah, the minister of transport, works, and infrastructure, on Tuesday, accused Gambian human rights advocates and media organizations of remaining silent over controversial remarks made by Borry Touray, the United Democratic Party\u2019s deputy administrative secretary for legal and human rights affairs. Speaking at a joint meeting in Bundung during President Adama [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Gambian Minister Criticizes Rights Activists and Press - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ebrima Sillah, the minister of transport, works, and infrastructure, on Tuesday, accused Gambian human rights advocat ...\" \/>\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\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambian Minister Criticizes Rights Activists and Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ebrima Sillah, the minister of transport, works, and infrastructure, on Tuesday, accused Gambian human rights advocat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\" \/>\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=\"2025-12-04T11:28:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-04T11:36:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764835522.657526.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\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gambian Minister Criticizes Rights Activists and Press\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-04T11:28:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-04T11:36:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\"},\"wordCount\":385,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764835522.657526.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambian-minister-criticizes-rights-activists-and-press\",\"name\":\"Gambian Minister Criticizes Rights Activists and Press - 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