Gambia: Crr Rice Farmers President Released On Bail After 185 Days in Detention

The President of the Rice Farmers' Cooperative Ltd., Haruna Gassama was released on Thursday, 3 September, 2015 after having been held for 185 days incommunicado at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters in Banjul.

Mr. Gassama, who was elected unopposed as president at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the rice farmers' cooperative held at the Brikamaba School on 5 January 2012, was arrested on the 2 March this year and held at the NIA without access to family, lawyer and friends for more than six months.

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