We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia - Film Screening and Q&A

Gambia’s last decades during President Jammeh’s regime were a story of serious human rights violations. During the 22 years (1994-2016) that Jammeh was in power the space for expression of dissent was severely limited. President Jammeh’s regime included enforced disappearances, torture, restrictions on freedom of expression, arbitrary arrests and detention.

Human rights defenders were one of the main targets of the human rights violations committed by Jammeh’s regime. This long story of targeting of human rights defenders, through arbitrary arrests and detention and threats, left civil society organizations reluctant to focus on or speak out publicly about sensitive human rights issues.

We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia

This thirty minute documentary highlights the testimony of those Human Rights Defenders, men and women that decided to take a stand for human rights during the Jammeh era. The film describes their fears, theirs frustrations and their motivations. This story of Gambian HRDs is a story of courage, story of resistance, a story of brave people that firmly believe in human rights and that are able to fight and risk their lives for them.

Amnesty International will host a screening of the documentary on 13th August, followed by a Q&A session with experts including Amnesty International's West Africa researcher Sabrina Mahtani, and chaired by Amnesty International's Deputy Director of Global Issues and Head of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Makmid Kamara.

Refreshments will be served.

Please note: the venue unfortunately does not have disabled access.