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Dear Chairperson Zuma: We ask that you mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2013, by calling for the release of all journalists imprisoned in Africa and appealing for justice in the murders of journalists killed in the line of duty.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Abuja, Nigeria, January 9, 2013--Gambian authorities should immediately release Abdoulie John, a journalist who has been detained without charge in Banjul since Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. John has been harassed by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency since early December, news reports said. John, editor of...
In the eight years since unidentified assailants shot and killed Deyda Hydara of the Gambia, no one has been held to account. The late 2004 murder of Hydara, an immensely respected editor, columnist, and press freedom advocate known for his criticism of President Yahya Jammeh's repressive media policies, became...
late year, those sources said.
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"Chief" Ebrima Manneh, Daily Observer
Imprisoned: July 7, 2006
Two plainclothes officers of the National
repression were causes.
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Gambia
5 Years that reporter "Chief" Ebrima Manneh has been missing after being arrested by state agents.
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causes.
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Gambie
5 Ans que le reporter "Chief" Ebrima Manneh est porté disparu suite à son arrestation par des agents de l'État.
des droits de l'homme: l'une ordonnant la libération du journaliste « Chief » Ebrima Manneh, porté disparu depuis son interpellation de 2006, et l'autre enjoignant le gouvernement
human rights court: one ordering the release of reporter “Chief” Ebrima Manneh, who disappeared in state custody after his 2006 arrest, and another compelling
Good news for Gambia's beleaguered independent press has been rare during President Yahya Jammeh's 17-year rule, but last week brought three potentially positive developments. It's unclear whether they mark a real change in the status quo, but they may at least increase the resolve of advocacy groups to seek...
December 16 will be the seventh anniversary of the killing of Deyda Hydara, the dean of Gambian journalism. It is also the 20th anniversary of the first issue of The Point, the courageously independent-minded daily that Hydara founded and directed for many years. He was murdered in a drive-by...
