Gambia: Free Press Is Fundamental to a Democratic Society

His Excellency Attila Lajos, ambassador head of EU Delegation to The Gambia has said that a free press is fundamental to a democratic society, noting that it circulates news, information, ideas, comment and opinion and holds those in authority to account.

According to him, the press provides the platform for many voices to be heard.

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