Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Website: http://www.cpj.org/
July 31
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Gambia: Gambian Photographer Detained for Six Days [press release]
Plainclothes officers of the Gambia's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) arrested Pa Sulay Jadama on June 20, 2013, at the premises of the Banjul Magistrates' Court and detained... Read more »
July 10
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Gambia: Amended Gambian Media Law Restricts Internet Freedom [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an amendment to a media law adopted by the Gambian parliament that imposes lengthy prison sentences and heavy fines on individuals who... Read more »
January 09
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Gambia: Gambia's NIA Harasses, Detains Journalist Without Charge
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... Read more »
November 16, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist Threatened After Writing On Executions [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it holds authorities in the Gambia responsible for the safety of a journalist who has received death threats following critical... Read more »
October 16, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist Barred From Covering Case in Gambian Court
State security agents barred a journalist from covering an October 15 hearing of a Supreme Court case of seven prisoners on death row, according to local journalists and news... Read more »
September 17, 2012
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Gambia: Amid Execution Debate, the Gambia Censors Newspapers
State security agents in the Gambia on Friday ordered two independent newspapers to cease publication immediately but provided no explanation, according to local journalists and... Read more »
September 14, 2012
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Gambia: The Nation Orders BBC Journalist to Leave Country [press release]
Gambian authorities detained Thomas Fessy, the West Africa correspondent of BBC World News, for several hours at the capital's international airport on September 5 and ordered him... Read more »
July 11, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist Detained On Contempt of Court Charges [press release]
A Gambian judge ordered the arrest of a journalist Tuesday on contempt of court charges, the third instance of a journalist being detained on such charges in as many weeks,... Read more »
June 29, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist in Gambia Fined on Contempt Charge [press release]
Journalist Abdulhamid Adiamoh was convicted on a contempt-of-court charge on June 28, 2012, and was ordered to pay a fine of 100,000 dalasi (US$3,100) or serve six months in jail... Read more »
June 25, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist in the Gambia Detained Beyond Legal Limit [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Gambian authorities to immediately release or charge a journalist who has been in detention without charge longer than the... Read more »
February 13, 2012
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Gambia: For Gambia's Press, Positive Developments? [press release]
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... Read more »
January 10, 2012
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Gambia: Journalist Harassed for Reporting Farmers' Complaints [press release]
Police in Gambia are harassing a journalist for reporting farmers' complaints against a local official accused of mismanaging public resources, according to local journalists and... Read more »
December 15, 2011
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Gambia: Pursuing Justice for Country's Deyda Hydara [press release]
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... Read more »
November 28, 2011
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Gambia: President Vilifies Journalists in Remarks [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's public remarks on Thursday, in which he vilified members of the press. The following day, Jammeh won... Read more »
November 03, 2011
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Gambia: U.S. Senator Again Presses County On Missing Journalist [press release]
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin sent a letter to Gambia's justice minister, Edward Gomez, renewing his appeal for the release of local journalist Ebrima "Chief" Manneh.... Read more »
October 11, 2011
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Gambia: Minister Should Disclose Manneh's Fate [press release]
An official of the Gambian government publicly indicated knowledge of the whereabouts of missing journalist Ebrima "Chief" Manneh, according to news reports. The government, which... Read more »
September 21, 2011
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Gambia: Vice-President Touts Tourism, Downplays Human Rights Issues [press release]
The Gambia has an image problem: Dubbed the "Smiling Coast of Africa," it is a tourist destination, but its government has one of the region's worst records of human rights abuses.... Read more »
August 12, 2011
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Gambia: Security Agency Threatens to Close Radio Station [press release]
Gambian state security agency forced radio station Taranga FM to drop its popular news and current affairs programs for the second time this year, local journalists said. Read more »
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