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Gambia News : ECOWAS court continues hearing on Gambian journalist’s torture case
The ECOWAS Community Court on Thursday continued with the hearing of a case of torture brought against the Gambian authorities by a victim, Musa Saidykhan, a Gambian journalist now in exile.
Saidykhan, a former editor-in-chief of the banned Banjul-based The Independent newspaper was among several victims who were illegally detained and suffered all manner of cruelty at the hands of the Gambian security agents in the aftermath of an alleged coup attempt in March 2006.
At the last hearing on June 3, Saidykhan painted a gory picture of how he was tortured by members of President Yahya Jammeh’s security guard and he became unconscious for about thirty minutes. He was crossed examined together with a Senegalese medical doctor who treated him after he fled The Gambia.
At the Thursday hearing, the court is expected to adopt written addressees filed by both parties before fixing a date to deliver its verdict.
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) initiated the action on Saidykhan’s behalf in order to seek justice for him.
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- Not what grade are you,but which grade are you ok?You were trying to rectified someone´s English whilst yours is poor...try to impove you gramma.
(Posted on July 23, 2010, 6:31 PM pa)
- who are you to tell people who get hit or not be the hit man for Jammmeh but you ate the first one he will kill when gets he chance and please go to school and learn to read and write the English language what grade did you graduate from?
(Posted on July 20, 2010, 9:43 PM ali)
- It is unfortunate that our country is ruled by an ediot who has no respecy for human life, all he cared for is how to protect his position so that he can contiue on his stupid seeds.
(Posted on July 15, 2010, 1:20 AM Kekuta Jammeh)
- BRO SEEK FOR JUSTICE. BUT MY ADVISE TO YOU IS NEVER COME BACK HOME ETHER YOU WINE YOUR CASE OR LOUSE IT BECAUSE THE HIT MAN IS WAITING FOR YOU NEXT TO YOUR DOOR TO KILLED YOU TRUST ME. DON'T TRY IT MY BROTHER.
(Posted on July 10, 2010, 8:35 AM A.A.SAMBOU)
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