Police Return Guards to Gambia Courts After Strike.
Police leaders changed their minds about taking guards away from judges. The court guards can go back to work, officials said Thursday.
Police pulled the guards last week without saying why, which angered the judges. The guards stopped working because they felt unsafe.
The top judge called a meeting to fix things. He met with police chiefs and law officials to talk about the problem. The courts had stopped working when judges refused to sit without guards.
"The guards will come back," said Neneh Cham, who leads the lawyers' group. She spoke after the meeting at the chief judge's office when the police agreed to provide guards to all judges who needed them.
The lawyers praised the quick fix to the issue. "This helps keep our courts safe," Cham said.
Police leaders changed their minds about taking guards away from judges. The court guards can go back to work, officials said Thursday.
Police pulled the guards last week without saying why, which angered the judges. The guards stopped working because they felt unsafe.
The top judge called a meeting to fix things. He met with police chiefs and law officials to talk about the problem. The courts had stopped working when judges refused to sit without guards.
"The guards will come back," said Neneh Cham, who leads the lawyers' group. She spoke after the meeting at the chief judge's office when the police agreed to provide guards to all judges who needed them.
The lawyers praised the quick fix to the issue. "This helps keep our courts safe," Cham said.
