Gambia: 137 protesters arrested in violent clashes
Reports of three people killed, while two radio stations taken off air “Yesterday’s crackdown on protesters had alarming echoes of Gambia’s brutal past” - Marta Colomer The Gambian authorities have arrested 137 people and suspended two radio stations following clashes between security forces and protesters in the country yesterday. Violence erupted in the outskirts of the Gambian capital Banjul, where activists from “Three Years Jotna movement” (Three Years Enough) had planned a peaceful protest calling for President Adama Barrow to step down after three years in office. The security forces