Confirmed Individuals in Police Custody: These Gambians were arrested for demanding transparency and accountability from the government:
Alieu Bah – Pan-Africanist
Sheriffo Sonko – Public Figure
Killa Ace – Artist & Activist
Kexx Sanneh – Journalist
Bob Keita – Activist
Hakeem Touray – Nationalist
Gallas Ceesay – Nationalist
Ousainou Gambia – Nationalist
Aboubacarr Ceesay – Grade 12 Student (Head Boy, Nusrat SSS)
Salifu Darboe – Member, Children’s National Assembly
Plus many other young people not yet identified.
To President Barrow:
You cannot silence Gambians with fear. Those days are over. We will not allow history to repeat itself — not 2002, not 2014.
To the paramilitary officers detaining them:
Remember, you too are victims of this system. Don’t be used against your own people.