Gambia: Deyda Hydara, a journalist silenced by the gun
Deyda Hydara, founder of the Independent newspaper The Point was an authoritative voice of Gambian media. He was gunned down in December 2004 in an orchestrated plan […]
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Gambia: 11 July 2006 – 11 July 2017Commemorating the 11th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Ebrima Manneh
Let’s remember, Ebrima Manneh, a reporter for the Gambian Daily Observer newspaper in Banjul, was arrested by government agents on July 11, 2006. He has […]
ACHPR: National law must protect Freedom of Expression
Chair Person, Honourable Commissioners, Distinguished delegates, ARTICLE 19 notes with appreciation the work of the Special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information. […]
Gambia: Investigate Death in Custody, Free Protesters
The suspicious death in custody of opposition political leader Solo Sandeng and the arrest of his party leader, Ousainu Darboe, and other party members in […]
Gambia: President Barrow must deliver on inclusion and prioritise free expression in new era
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the peaceful transfer of power to Gambia’s new, democratically elected President Adama Barrow. However, after 22 years of repression under the leadership […]