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'What the US can learn from Gambia about defeating petty tyrants' - Waging Non-Violence

“A Gambian organizer who helped bring an end to Jammeh’s 22-year rule explains the importance of agreeing on a common purpose and demystifying despots.” Phil Wilmot for wagingnonviolence.org Images © Jason Florio from the series ‘Gambia Has Decided’ Instagram Instagram Instagram Instagram Twitter Facebook Facebook For assignment queries – Contact photography prints, and image licensing

'What the US can learn from Gambia about defeating petty tyrants' - Waging Non-Violence

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International Women's Day, 2023

International Women’s Day 2023 – in honor, and respect, of strong women, around the world. Portrait of rape survivor, human rights activist, and author, Gambian, Fatou ‘Toufah’ Jallow. Image ©Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio ‘Gambia – victims, and resisters’ Instagram Instagram Instagram Instagram Twitter Facebook Facebook For assignment queries, photography prints, and image licensing –…

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CAP PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST: ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’ by Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio

CAP PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST: ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’ by Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio

CAP PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST: We are truly honoured to be on the CAP Prize shortlist – The Contemporary African Photography Prize – with our ongoing series, ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’ ‘Gambia – victims, and resisters’ The Gambia, West Africa, is a popular winter-sun holiday destination, but many tourists are not aware of the recent dark history of ‘The Smiling Coast of Africa’ – as it is…

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Follow us on Instagram - images by photographers/filmmakers, Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

Follow us on Instagram – images by photographers/filmmakers, Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

For regular photo & location updates, follow us on Instagram @floriophotos We’re also @jasonflorio, @doors_helenjonesflorio, and @jasonflorio_photoprints @jasonflorio / Instagram @doors_helenjonesflorio @jasonflorio_photoprints CURRENT LOCATION: JANUARY 2021  THE GAMBIA, WEST AFRICA Assignment queries, and image licensing – Contact here Photographers & Filmmaker, Jason Florio & Helen…

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#StoriesBehindDoors, The #Gambia, West Africa -This is the doorway to Bintou Nyabally’s home - On May 9th, 2016, Bintou was arrested and detained for five days, after attending a rally to demand the release of illegally detained protesters from previous rallies held on April 15th/16th, 2016. During her detention, Bintou said that she was beaten, tortured, and raped by two masked security officers at the Gambia Police Intervention Unit (PIU) HQ. When asked if she would prefer that we keep her identity anonymous,her adamant reply was “No, this was done to me, and I want justice…these men should be punished”. _ Image © Helen Jones-Florio (also @floriotravels / @jasonflorio_photoprints) - making #Portraits4PositiveChange #NeverAgainGambia with @jasonflorio - as part of an on-going, multimedia, body of work ‘Gambia - Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ . . . . #jammeh2justice#africandoors#westAfrica #Gambia #victimsofJammeh #everydayafrica#helenjonesflorio #TRRCGambia #YahyaJammeh #doorshiding#thedoorhunter#urbanafrica #storiesbehinddoorsgambia #gambiadoors#humanrightsabuses #SGBV #dictatorship (at The Gambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCsjg5VnXCK/?igshid=1l6x4gh24aj7u

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#StoriesBehindDoors, The #Gambia, West Africa - this is the doorway to Fatou Jammeh’s home, the sister of the late Lt. Lamin ‘LF' Jammeh who was a soldier in the Gambia Armed Forces. In July 1994, ‘LF’ was part of the ‘bloodless coup’ which brought Yahya Jammeh to power. After being accused of an attempted counter-coup, November 1994, LF managed to escape to neighboring Senegal. He returned to The Gambia in 1997 and, during a planned attack on Kartong military barracks, he was captured and subsequently tortured. Sentenced to life imprisonment, LF was sent to the notorious Mile 2 Prison. However, on 26th August 2012, President Jammeh ordered the execution of nine inmates. LF was one of them, executed by ’the Junglers’ (Jammeh’s hit-squad) without being given a fair trial, thereby violating their human rights. _ “We didn't get the body back. We weren't even officially informed or contacted by anybody from the government, or the army... none of the families (of those executed) were contacted. The bodies were taken to Kanilai and put into a well” LF’s brother, Yousef, told us. _ Image © Helen Jones-Florio (also @doors_helenjonesflorio / @jasonflorio_photoprints) - Part of an on-going, multimedia, body of work ‘Gambia - victims, and resisters' with @jasonflorio #Portraits4PositiveChange #NeverAgainGambia #TheyWalkAmongUs . . . #jammeh2justice#africandoors#westAfrica #Gambia #victimsofJammeh #everydayafrica#helenjonesflorio #TRRCGambia #documentaryphotography #doorshiding#thedoorhunter#urbanafrica #storiesbehinddoorsgambia #doors_outdoor #gambiadoors #humanrightsabuses (at The Gambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdLrGAHdC-/?igshid=gg790p8gpfnl

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The #Gambia - In remembrance of the victims, and survivors of a massacre - April 10/11, 2000: "As I lay wounded, hoping that someone would come and help me, on the ground around me I could see 4 or 5 bodies... they were not moving.” Abdou Karim Jammeh. . 'AKJ' was shot through the back of his knee by President #YahyaJammeh’s security forces during nationwide student protests in 2000 after a fellow student was killed in custody. Fourteen unarmed students were shot during two days of protests and many, like AKJ, sustained life-changing injuries. In total, sixteen young people were killed. _ Image © @jasonflorio, in collaboration with Helen Jones-Florio - part of an ongoing, multimedia, body of work ‘Gambia - Victims and Resisters' #Portraits4PositiveChange #NeverAgainGambia _ See more from the series https://floriophoto.com/PORTRAITS/The-Gambia---victims-&-resisters---a-work-in-progress/1/caption . . . . . . #jammeh2justice #westAfrica #Gambia #victimsofJammeh #everydayafrica #massacre #TRRCGambia #storiesbehinddoorsgambia #humanrightsviolations #jasonfloriophotography #truthreconciliationandreparationscommission (at The Gambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1xRRknLqV/?igshid=1l8z372sod5x3

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The #Gambia - In remembrance of the victims, and survivors of a massacre - April 10/11, 2000: Mbye Babou Chune.“My fourteen-year-old son, Modou Lamin was amongst the children massacred by Yahya Jammeh’s security forces on April 10th 2000. He was trying to escape, running with the other students, and he was shot dead as he reached the school gates. He was a brilliant student. The saddest day of my life, innocent children killed by paramilitary officers and State Guard using AK47’s and live bullets. There was no mistake, it was their intention to kill”. Modou was one of 16 young people lost their lives. _ From 1994 -2017 President Yahya Jammeh ruled the Gambia, West Africa, as his own personal fiefdom, crushing dissent, and opposition, with brutality. His personal hit squad and intelligence agency carried out tortures, and assassinations with impunity - journalists were gunned down and disappeared, ministers were jailed, students shot in cold blood, and even his own brother and sister were murdered on his orders. _ Images © @jasonflorio, in collaboration with Helen Jones-Florio - part of an ongoing, multimedia, body of work ‘Gambia - Victims and Resisters' #Portraits4PositiveChange #NeverAgainGambia with @jasonflorio - See more from the series https://floriophoto.com/PORTRAITS/The-Gambia---victims-&-resisters---a-work-in-progress/1/caption _ _ _ _ _ _ #jammeh2justice #westAfrica #Gambia #victimsofJammeh #everydayafrica #massacre #TRRCGambia #storiesbehinddoorsgambia #humanrightsviolations #neveragaingambia #jasonfloriophotography #truthreconciliationandreparationscommission (at The Gambia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1tsF1nc_d/?igshid=1dgtfnk784v34