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2011 Freedom report ranks Gambia Partly Free
Saturday, 15 January 2011 03:43
JollofNews – Gambia has been ranked Partly Free in the 2011 Freedom in the World report.Freedom in the World is an annual assessment of political rights and civil liberties conducted around the world by the US based Freedom House. The survey applies one of three broad category designations to each of the countries and territories it considered in the index: Free, Partly Free, and Not Free.
In a scale of 1 to 7, where one is the highest score, Gambia scored 5 for both Political Rights and Civil Liberties, which places it just two points away from being ‘Not Free’.
By the report’s definition, Gambia, as a Partly Free country, has limited respect for political rights and civil liberties, but it frequently suffers from an environment of corruption, weak rule of law, ethnic and religious strife, and a political landscape in which a single party enjoys dominance despite a certain degree of pluralism.
Like Gambia, both Guinea Bissau and Senegal are ranked as partly free. In terms of numerical score, however, Guinea Bissau scored above with 4 in both political Rights and Civil Liberties. The two did far less, compared to Senegal which scored 3 on both categories.
And also unlike Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau failed to make it to the roster of electoral democracy. In this category, the level of freedom and fairness characterizing a country’s last electoral process is taken into consideration. Guinea Bissau is among four countries in the world that were dropped out of the electoral democracy roster, the others being Burundi, Haiti, and Sri Lanka.
“The year 2010 featured a continued pattern of volatility and decline for sub-Saharan Africa,” the report indicated, noting that the region’s past Gains are in jeopardy.
“There was more backsliding than improvement, though gains were noted in several of the region’s more important countries,” it added.
Major declines were recorded in Ethiopia and Djibouti, both of which dropped from Partly Free to Not Free. In addition, declines were also noted in Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Rwanda, Swaziland, and Zambia. On the upside, improvements in the region were noted in Kenya, Nigeria, Somaliland, and Tanzania, as well as in Guinea which, the survey noted, registered improvement in its status from Not Free to Partly Free.
Written by Kemo Cham
political rights and civil liberties conducted around the world by the US based Freedom House. The survey applies one of three broad category designations to each of the countries and territories it considered in the index: Free, Partly Free, and Not Free.In a scale of 1 to 7, where one is the highest score, Gambia scored 5 for both Political Rights and Civil Liberties, which places it just two points away from being ‘Not Free’.
By the report’s definition, Gambia, as a Partly Free country, has limited respect for political rights and civil liberties, but it frequently suffers from an environment of corruption, weak rule of law, ethnic and religious strife, and a political landscape in which a single party enjoys dominance despite a certain degree of pluralism.
Like Gambia, both Guinea Bissau and Senegal are ranked as partly free. In terms of numerical score, however, Guinea Bissau scored above with 4 in both political Rights and Civil Liberties. The two did far less, compared to Senegal which scored 3 on both categories.
And also unlike Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau failed to make it to the roster of electoral democracy. In this category, the level of freedom and fairness characterizing a country’s last electoral process is taken into consideration. Guinea Bissau is among four countries in the world that were dropped out of the electoral democracy roster, the others being Burundi, Haiti, and Sri Lanka.
“The year 2010 featured a continued pattern of volatility and decline for sub-Saharan Africa,” the report indicated, noting that the region’s past Gains are in jeopardy.
“There was more backsliding than improvement, though gains were noted in several of the region’s more important countries,” it added.
Major declines were recorded in Ethiopia and Djibouti, both of which dropped from Partly Free to Not Free. In addition, declines were also noted in Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Rwanda, Swaziland, and Zambia. On the upside, improvements in the region were noted in Kenya, Nigeria, Somaliland, and Tanzania, as well as in Guinea which, the survey noted, registered improvement in its status from Not Free to Partly Free.
Written by Kemo Cham
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As far as Jammeh is concerned you deserve an award for defending his evil deeds.
You painted a perfect picture of yourself as the good samaritan.However your denial of human rights abuses by your party leader makes you suspect.As a good citizen you should commend good deeds as well as stand up against evil.I think if your Mother or Father was arrested and falsely accused of being a witch,you would cry foul.This is exactly what happen to hundreds of Innocent elderly Gambians.Mr. Jallow these are facts that cannot be denied.There are also countless number of your fellow Gambians who have been murdered by the Government you passionately support.
Also the fact that you came out with the following statement without anyone accusing you,"Defending Jammeh means defending our collective interest(The Gambia) and we are all soldiers and N.I.A.s until you see the light", makes you a dangerous person.
I guess the saying that DO NOT JUDGE MY LIFE UNTIL YOU HAVE SPENT ONE DAY IN MY SHOES applies to everyone, doesn't it?
If you associate with workers of inequity,don't be surprised if you are found guilty by association.
They will all be treated as royals and be entitled to royal status whenever they visit the Gambia.
Lets not forget that they will also be in line to inherit the throne under certain circumstances.
How any sane Gambian can give their support to such a person is really beyond me.
Whilst I commend your philanthropism, Mr Batch Jallow & co.,I ask you to re-assess your support for this man.
You do not need him to do what you are doing,but he needs you to do what he is doing.
Congrats for your awards.
Thanks
For the hundreds or thousands of Gambians at home,such help can make a massive difference in their lives due to the current economic climate in the country.
Therefore,whene ver the opportunity to help our country presents itself,we must grab it with both hands regardless of our political affiliations.
However,we must also continue to tell our fellow Gambians that their support for,and trust in, Jammeh is misplaced.
If we reflect on Jammeh's pronouncements in 1994 and then look at his records for the past 16yrs,culminatin g in plans to transform himself into a monarch,we can definitely conclude that this is a man that cannot be trusted.
What is more degrading than to be treated as a subject by foreigners in your own country?
You owe it to your community the contributions you may be doing as give & take, for your community first served you before you could; but you NEED aspiration for a system &/ policy that ensures legitimate fairness & freedom of expression without, coercion, manipulation, kidnap, torture /murder...in your community, for the safety of society in general. Why do you alleged, we criticise for hate/grudge? Do you deny the murders & molestations of the kanilai Cannibal since 1994 to date? How comes he now own most lucrative businesses in Gambia & finance/donate every development in Gambia single handed? Why do all the public service disarray dismissals you acknowledged, take place? Why do you think yaya deserve continuity to manage state of affairs with blood on his hands & economic crimes committed?
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Batch samba Jallow , you are definitely right here; we ALL owe obligation(s) to state BUT the approach matters. The obligation prioritised, starting with the freedom meted out to your fellow human being, whether in position of ruler /ruled. Every human being can just be human & fallible; yet yaya’s fault less & EVER right! Why can’t we against yaya’s butchery, criticise & contribute along our own quotas???The community can only be built by the masses NOT single handed; both yourself & yaya your master may assume, hence the expression of ‘self’?
As we we stand today, there are families that have not set eyes on their loved ones for years and you have the guts to say that people are just making baseless accusations against the government of Yaya Jammeh?
All accusations against me always fail because i know that God knows exactly what i have in my heart. This is just to answer your question of WHY i was awarded the M.R.G medal.It is not about bragging for anything because i am not doing it for any motive other than contributing my quota and didn't even expect to be recognized.Some of you might be doing way more than what i have done,but you cannot do it with hatred,violence or even insults.The Gambia doesn't and will never belong to Yahya Jammeh.It is for all of us and we are the ones who can make it the best or the worst on the planet.So,tell me whether i deserved my award or not.
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