Gambia

Country Profile

There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in The Gambia during the year.

Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; serious government corruption; extensive gender-based violence, including domestic or intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child, early, and forced marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting, and other forms of such violence; and laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual conduct between adults, although rarely enforced.

The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.

Cases


Died in Custody

Ebrima Manneh

Ebrima Manneh 

        

For Further Reference

Full U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Report
U.S. Department of State International Religious Freedom Country Report
U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report Country Narrative
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
Human Rights Watch country reports
Amnesty International Annual Report Country Chapter
Freedom House Freedom in the World Country Report 

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