October 26

• Gambia: MTWA Welcomes Decision to Drop Charges Against Two Journalists [press release]

  The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has welcomed the move by the Gambian authorities to drop charges against two journalists, who were arrested on September 6, 2012 for... Read more »

October 17

• Gambia: MFWA Campaign - Take Action - Drop Charges Against Two Journalists, MFWA Demands [press release]

  The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is utterly dismayed at the sluggish attitude of the Gambian police service in handling the case of the two journalists who are facing... Read more »

September 28

• Gambia: MFWA Protests the Inexplicable Charges Preferred Against Two Journalists in the Gambia [press release]

  The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), a freedom of expression and media rights organisation based in Accra, Ghana, is concerned and dismayed about recent criminal charges... Read more »

September 19

• Gambia: Two Newspapers Ordered to Close, Authorities Give No Reason [press release]

  The offices of two privately-owned newspapers, Daily News and Standard Newspaper, were on September 14, 2012 stormed by operatives of the notorious National Intelligence Agency... Read more »

September 17

• Gambia: Detained Journalists Charged With Felony

  Baboucarr Ceesay, first vice president of the Gambian Press Union (GPU), also working with the privately-owned Daily News newspaper, and Abubacarr Saidykhan, a freelance... Read more »

August 20

• Gambia: Authorities Shut Down Radio Station for No Reason [press release]

  Officers of the dreaded National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on the night of August 14, 2012 stormed the premises of Taranga FM, a community radio station based in south-west... Read more »

July 16

• Gambia: Newspaper Reporter Released [press release]

  Sidiq Asemota, a judicial reporter of privately-owned Daily Observer newspaper, was on July 11, 2012 released from prison custody after being detained for a day at the Mile II... Read more »

July 12

• Gambia: Reporter Arrested, Remanded for Contempt

  Sidiq Asemota, a judicial reporter of privately-owned Daily Observer newspaper was on July 10, 2012 remanded at the Mile II State Central Prison by the Banjul High Court for... Read more »

July 3

• West Africa: Detained Editor Convicted of Contempt of Court

  Abdul Hamid Adiamoh, managing editor of Today, a privately-owned newspaper, was on June 28, 2012 released by the Banjul Magistrates' Court. Before his release, he had been in... Read more »

June 29

• Gambia: Two Journalists On Remand, One Released [press release]

  Lamin Njie, deputy editor of privately-owned Daily newspaper, was on June 25, 2012 released from prison custody after being detained at the Gambia State Central Prison over his... Read more »

April 24

• Gambia: Africa NGOs Slam Govt for Blocking Online Media [press release]

  Participants at the NGOs Forum of African Commission on Human and People's Right (ACHPR) on April 12, 2012 added their voice to the widespread condemnation of the Gambian... Read more »

June 28, 2011

• Gambia: Former Minister Missing After Being Arrested By Plain-Clothes Security Agents [press release]

  Dr. Amadou Scattered Janneh, who recently criticized the disappearance of people and attacks on the media, was on June 7, 2011 arrested by plain-clothes security agents at his... Read more »

February 2, 2011

• Gambia: Jailed Human Rights Defender Released And Deported [press release]

  Edwin Nebolisa Kwakaeme, a Gambia-based Nigerian human rights defender, who was jailed for supposedly giving "false information" to the office of President Yahya Jammeh in 2010,... Read more »

January 31, 2011

• Gambia: Jailed Human Rights Defender Released and Deported [press release]

  Edwin Nebolisa Kwakaeme, a Gambia-based Nigerian human rights defender, who was jailed for supposedly giving “false information” to the office of President Yahya Jammeh... Read more »

January 18, 2011

• Gambia: Govt Closes Radio Station [press release]

  Gambian authorities on January 13, 2011 ordered the closure of Taranga FM, a privately-owned community radio station in a suburb of Serrenkunda, Gambia's largest city. Read more »

January 11, 2011

• Gambia: Justice Minister Threatens to Prosecute Exile Nationals [press release]

  Gambia's Justice Minister, Edward Gomez on January 7, 2011 issued threats to exiled journalists and rights defenders saying that they would be prosecuted if they returned for... Read more »

December 20, 2010

• Gambia: Editor Tortured Under Dictatorship of President Jammeh Wins Case At the Ecowas Court [press release]

  The ECOWAS Community Court confirmed on December 16, 2010 that Musa Saidykhan, the former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based, The Independent newspaper was tortured by... Read more »

• Gambia: Jailed Opposition Campaign Manager Freed [press release]

  Femi Peters, a Gambian opposition politician jailed for organizing a public rally without permission was on December 10, 2010 freed without condition. Read more »

December 17, 2010

• Gambia: Editor Tortured Under Dictatorship of President Jammeh Wins Case At the Ecowas Court [press release]

  The ECOWAS Community Court confirmed on December 16, 2010 that Musa Saidykhan, the former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based, The Independent newspaper, was tortured by... Read more »

December 15, 2010

• Gambia: Judgment On Saidykhan Torture Case On December 16 [press release]

  The ECOWAS Community Court will on December 16, 2010 announce its judgment on the torture case brought against The Gambian authorities by Musa Saidykhan, the former editor-in-chief... Read more »