Defending Democracy: Free Speech, Accountability, And The Shadows Of Selective Justice In The Gambia – The Standard Newspaper

Defending Democracy: Free Speech, Accountability, And The Shadows Of Selective Justice In The Gambia – The Standard Newspaper

By Madi Jobarteh In the precarious dance between dictatorship and democracy, intellectuals wield the pen as a sword, crafting narratives that either entrench tyranny or illuminate paths to freedom. History has repeatedly shown that ideas, more than guns, shape political outcomes. It was with this responsibility in mind that I read Kebeli Demba Nyima’s article, ‘The biggest threat to Gambia’s democracy isn’t the president or the police – it is Ma…