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‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ Update

‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange We’ve been busy these last couple of months, working predominantly on the portraits of victims and resisters in our second home of The Gambia. This is a work-in-progress, which we began two years ago. We also got asked to make a documentary for Amnesty International, whichContinue reading “‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ Update”

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Jason Florio – making #Portraits4PositiveChange, The Gambia

‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange 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, ministersContinue reading “Jason Florio – making #Portraits4PositiveChange, The Gambia”

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Yahya Jammeh herbal AIDS/HIV ‘cure’ – portraits © Jason Florio

Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime Lamin Ceesay was on of a number of HIV/AIDS patients coerced by former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, to stop taking their anti-retroviral drugs and be treated by him personally with his herbal HIV/AIDS ‘cure’. Jammeh’s treatment proved to be dangerous, and often fatal for many,… seeContinue reading “Yahya Jammeh herbal AIDS/HIV ‘cure’ – portraits © Jason Florio”

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Jason Florio Open Society Foundation – Instagram Takeover

Open Society Foundation Jason Florio – Instagram Takeover ‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime’ ‘Jason Florio shares his images from his ongoing series on citizens of the Gambia who were tortured under the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh, and who are now stepping forward and demanding justice.’ Open Society Foundation. December 2018 – weContinue reading “Jason Florio Open Society Foundation – Instagram Takeover”