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Gambia News : Journalist threatened by anonymous caller

Fabakary B. Ceesay, a reporter with the opposition newspaper Foroyaa, was on May 20 and 21, 2008, threatened with abduction and violent attacks by an anonymous caller.

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources in The Gambia report that the caller threatened Ceesay to stop writing government-critical articles or face the consequences.

The call came to Ceesay on two occasions from an undisclosed mobile number. According to the journalist, the caller said: “Fabakary, I warn you. We know you. We know your house, and we are near you right now. We can get hold of you whenever we want. So you better be careful of what you write.”

After consulting his colleagues, Ceesay, who is also the Communication and Public Relations Officer of the Network of Human Rights Journalists (NHRJ) in The Gambia, reported the threats to the Serrekunda Police Station on May 26, 2008.