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#Portraits4PositiveChange – GoFundMe: ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime’ Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

A peaceful vigil by families of victims of Yahya Jammeh's regime, to demand that the #Gambian government release the bodies of exhumed victims and to open a dialogue the families, #Banjul, The #Gambia ©Jason Florio
A peaceful vigil by families of victims of Yahya Jammeh’s regime, to demand that the Gambian government release the bodies of exhumed victims and to open a dialogue the families, Banjul, The Gambia ©Jason Florio.

 

Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio – photographers, and filmmakers

Huge thanks you to everyone who has donated and supported our GoFundMe campaign, so far – ‘Gambia – Victims and Resisters of a Regime‘, #Portraits4PositiveChange. The portraits we make will be used as tools of advocacy, and in exhibitions, to help bring the former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, to justice.

I believe that these stories must be told to ensure the greatest chance of achieving justice and reconciliation. GFM donor, T.Kellow

We are edging closer to reaching our GFM goal. Please share, and/or donate, if you can (every spare $5 will be greatly appreciated), be part of the change, and help us to carry on making an extensive, important, body of work, in The Gambia.

A work-in-progress…

See the portraits which have been produced, so far, in The Gambia (and Senegal) on Jason Florio’s website, floriophoto.com

Portrait: Fatoumatta Sandeng, daughter of murdered Gambian opposition leader, Solo Sandeng. She escaped into exile to Senegal after her father's murder in 2016 - at the hands of Yahya Jammeh's security forces - fearful that she would be targeted next ©Jason Florio
Fatoumatta Sandeng, daughter of murdered Gambian opposition leader, Solo Sandeng. She escaped into exile to Senegal after her father’s murder in 2016 – at the hands of Yahya Jammeh’s security forces – fearful that she would be targeted next ©Jason Florio.

‘Jason is making important work, again!’ GFM donor Julie Grahame/aCurator

Jason Florio photographs Ballo Kanteh - an ex-political prisoner, he shows the burns he suffered after melted plastic was dripped onto his skin by Jammeh's hit-squad, the Junglers. Kanteh spent 18-year detention at the notorious Mile 2 prison - for the first two years, he was held in solitary confinement in a pitch dark cell, which has permanently damaged his eyesight. Image © Helen Jones-Florio
Jason Florio photographs Ballo Kanteh – an ex-political prisoner, he shows the burns he suffered after melted plastic was dripped onto his skin by Jammeh’s hit-squad, the Junglers. Kanteh spent 18-year detention at the notorious Mile 2 prison – for the first two years, he was held in solitary confinement in a pitch dark cell, which has permanently damaged his eyesight. Image © Helen Jones-Florio

 

Heartfelt thanks, to everyone

The Florios ❤️

#Portraits4PositiveChange

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December 2018-January 2019

We will be in The Gambia, West Africa, end of November, and available for assignments in the region 

Please  contact us here or via Jason’s website

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The Gambia – The Victims and the Instigator. Portraits © Jason Florio

Ex-president, Yahya Jammeh, with his ever-present security force ©Jason Florio
Ex-president, Yahya Jammeh, with his ever-present security force ©Jason Florio

 

One man, many victims…

The Gambia – torture, abuse, and dissent

From 1994 -2017 Yahya Jammeh ruled the Gambia, West Africa as his own fiefdom, crushing dissent, and opposition with brutality. With Jammeh’s ouster and flight into exile, hundreds of Gambians now feel safe to come forward and speak freely about the crimes committed against them by his regime.

This portrait series is a work in progress…Jason Florio.

Jugana Susso, was arrested and detained during a peaceful demonstration by President Jammeh's feared security services. She was tortured and beaten so badly on her legs she has problems walking even around her own home ©Jason Florio
Jugana Susso, was arrested and detained during a peaceful demonstration by President Jammeh’s feared security services ©Jason Florio.

 

Read/see more images on Jason Florio’s blog and website.

"We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia" free doc screening, Aug 13th, London. Poster Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison) "We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia" free doc screening, Aug 13th, London. Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison)
“We Never Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia” watch the documentary trailer Image © Helen Jones-Florio (inside Mile2 prison)

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