On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of our colleague, mentor, friend and brother journalist Deyda Hydara, on December 16, 2004, The Gambia Press Union once again denounces the fact that the perpetrators of this heinous crime are yet to be brought to book.

Today, we wish to honour the memory of Deyda Hydara and to register our stance against his assassination. The executive board of The Gambia Press Union wishes to call on The Gambia Government to intensity its investigations… Continue

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of our colleague, mentor, friend and brother journalist Deyda Hydara, on December 16, 2004, The Gambia Press Union once again denounces the fact that the perpetrators of this heinous crime are yet to be brought to book.
Today, we wish to honour the memory of Deyda Hydara and to register our stance against his assassination. The executive board of The Gambia Press Union wishes to call on The Gambia Government to intensity its investigations i… Continue

Fugitive murderer found hanged in the Gambia

Row in Scottish parliament over prisons policy after John Hurt Brown absconded from open prison months before final release

Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent

guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 December 2009 12.49 GMT

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/11/fugitive-murder-found-dead-gambia

A convicted murderer has been found hang… Continue

By Baba Galleh Jallow

Clearly, one of the most intractable problems facing Africa today is the problem of oppression. The continent is littered with an ugly coterie of oppressive political regimes as well as a critical mass of people trying to resist this oppression, getting stigmatized, jailed, maimed, exiled, and killed in the process. One of the means at the disposal of this critical mass of oppressed “freedom fighters” is the acquisition of knowledge and a greater under… Continue

President Yahya Jammeh continues to defy international outcry over Journalist Manneh's disappearance since 2006.
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United Nations Declares Gambia’s Detention of Chief Ebrima Manneh a Violation of International Law, Calls for Immediate Release

Washington, D.C., November 18, 2009 – In response to a petition filed by attorneys from Freedom Now and Hogan & Hartson LLP, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued… Continue