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The Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) has announced plans for a large-scale protest tomorrow in Banjul, vowing to escalate their campaign if the 27 activists arrested on Thursday are not released and their demands for transparency over former President Yahya Jammeh’s looted assets are not addressed. The group’s defiance comes after a tense confrontation with the Gambia Police Force’s Intervention Unit (PIU), which detained protesters at the “Never Again” Arch 22, sparking outrage over alleged police misconduct and suppression of free assembly.

GALA, formed in response to The Republic exposé on the opaque sale of Jammeh’s assets, demands that the Ministry of Justice disclose the transactions’ buyers, proceeds, and details. Thursday’s protest saw prominent youth leaders and organisers, including Alhagie Mamadi Kurang, Omar Saibo Camara, Ousainou Gambia, Bob Keita, Kexx Sanneh, Fallu Galaxy Ceesay, and Alieu Bah, arrested and transferred to the PIU headquarters in Kanifing. Journalists covering the event were also attacked, with some briefly detained, prompting condemnation from media organisations like the Gambia Press Union.

“We will not be silenced. “If our comrades are not freed and our demands are ignored, tomorrow’s protest will show the government the people’s resolve. One of the young people who knew about the protest told TAT.

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