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”
The Gambia – Photographer/filmmaker, Jason Florio, making #Portraits4PositiveChange
‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #portraits4positivechange On location, in The Gambia: Yesterday Jason Florio photographed Yusepha, who was shot in the back by the Yahya Jammeh regime’s security forces, during a peaceful student protest in April 2000. He is paralyzed from the neck down. He was just 18 years old. The April 2000 GambianContinue reading “The Gambia – Photographer/filmmaker, Jason Florio, making #Portraits4PositiveChange”
Back in The Gambia, West Africa – to make more #Portraits4PositiveChange
‘Gambia, little Gambia…‘ we are back! Heading from the airport towards Bakau, with Buba Bah & Jason Florio Check out why we are back: ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ #Portraits4PositiveChange BEING SOCIAL @JASONFLORIO /@FLORIOTRAVELS / @DOORS_FACADES_FLORIO / @FLORIO_GALLERY INSTAGRAM PHOTOSTELLSTORIES – FB @FLORIOPHOTONYC – TWITTER
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