Posts Tagged ‘Deyda Hydara’

Gambia’s war on journalists

August 7th, 2009

jammeh_185News that six Gambian journalists have been jailed for two years for “ridiculing the head of state” signals that the country has become one of Africa’s worst abusers of press freedom says AllAfrica.com’s Brian Kennedy. (more…)

Gambia: Jammeh’s war on journalists

July 21st, 2009

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AllAfrica.com’s Brian Kennedy examines the Gambian president’s ongoing assault on press freedom after the recent arrest of eight opposition journalists
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A blip on the radar

December 16th, 2008


On the anniversary of the murder of independent journalist Deyda Hydara (right), Dawn Starin says the media must turn its attention to The Gambia, where free expression is increasingly under threat
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