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Gambia News: Fatou Jaw Manneh's missing case file found
The Kanifing Magistrates Court will on April 16, 2008, hear the case of
Fatou Jaw Manneh, a US-based Gambian journalist on trial for an alleged
sedition. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources reported that
this followed the retrieval of Manneh’s file, which was reported
missing at the last hearing on March 17, 2008.
The Kanifing Magistrates Court will on April 16, 2008, heard the case of
Fatou Jaw Manneh, a US-based Gambian journalist on trial for an alleged
sedition.
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources reported that this
followed the retrieval of Manneh’s file, which was reported missing at
the last hearing on March 17, 2008.
The file was found at the Banjul Magistrates Court, one of the many places where the case had formerly been tried.
Manneh, a former journalist with the then independent Daily Observer
newspaper, has been charged with three counts of sedition, following a
series of articles she wrote criticising the regime of President Yahya
Jammeh.
The journalist was released on bail a week after her arrest but is
forced to remain in The Gambia, unable to return to her base in the US.
Since the trial started more than a year ago, there has not been any
significant progress. The case has been prolonged on numerous occasions
and the authorities seem to lack interest in finishing the case.
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- When will the torment for this poor woman end ? just posting a blog or article online can get you in so much trouble ? I fear for my gambians citinezens . this as to stop
(Posted on April 14, 2008, 4:23 PM blacky)
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