In April, the UK Foreign Office's annual Human Rights and Democracy Report was critical of the country's human rights record under President Yahya Jammeh, highlighting violations such as unlawful detentions, illegal closures of newspapers and discrimination against minority groups. 
Mwezi Aprili, Ripoti ya mwaka ya Haki za Binadamu na Demokrasia ya Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje ya Uingereza ilikosoa rekodi ya haki za binadamu nchini humo chini ya Rais Yahya Jammeh, ikionyesha ukiukwaji mkubwa wa haki za binadamu ikiwa ni pamoja na ukamataji wa raia usiofuata sheria, kufungwa kwa magazeti kinyume cha sheria na unyanyasaji wa makundi madogo.