Six Gambian journalists sentenced in early August to two years in prison on six counts of criminal defamation and sedition have filed an appeal. Emil Touray, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, Pa Modou Fall, Pap Saine, Ebrima Sawaneh, Sam Sarr and Abubakar Saidykhan were first arrested after publishing, on behalf of the Gambia Press Union, a joint statement […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned at reports that six Gambian journalists arrested on charges of seditious publication in June after they lent support to a press union statement criticizing the government have been found guilty of sedition by a court in the capital Banjul. “The conviction of these journalists is yet another serious […]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday 22 July warned journalists against tarnishing Gambia’s image, in a statement to state-owned GRTS television. “Any journalist who thinks that he or she can write whatever he or she wants, and go free, is making a big mistake”, Jammeh declared. “If anybody is caught, he will be severely dealt […]

A months-old court case against the editor of Gambia’s The Point newspaper, who was arrested along with six other journalists on unrelated charges of sedition and defamation in June, has been revived, a statement by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said on Wednesday. Pap Saine was arrested on 15 June, along with Ebrima […]