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Gambia News : Gambian president threatens journalists
Gambia's President Yaya Jammeh, whose government is regularly
criticised over violating press freedoms, on Wednesday warned
journalists against tarnishing the image of the West African country.
"Any
journalist who thinks that he or she can write whatever he or she
wants, and go free, is making a big mistake", Jammeh told state owned
GRTS television.
"If anybody is caught, he will be severely dealt with," Jammeh said.
Jammeh has ruled Gambia, the smallest nation on the African mainland, since he took power in a bloodless coup in 1994.
Gambia is regularly criticised for human rights violations, particularly freedom of the press.
The
country ranks 137th out of 173 in a worldwide classification of press
freedom set up by the Paris-based organisation Reporters Without
Borders.
Currently, seven Gambian journalists are standing trial on charges of sedition and criminal defamation for criticizing Jammeh.
The
Gambia Press Union last month issued a statement criticizing the
comments he made in a television interview regarding the 2004 murder of
prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara.
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- Mr president rememder history is rocording,and as the saying goes"A MAN WHO LIVE BY GUN DIE BY IT".Mr pesident journalist are also partners in building a modern society.I will like to be in war front then to be a journalist in the Gambia.
(Posted on August 11, 2009, 11:52 AM A concern citizen)
- What a way to celebrate Freedom Day, Mr. President! A truly free country with a strong, honest government does not need to worry about what journalists write, because it can withstand any critisism. Let's pray one day we'll truly be free.
(Posted on July 23, 2009, 2:41 AM Lamin Jallow)
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