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Gambia News : Gambian government prepares defence before sub-regional court
The ECOWAS Community Court has set 15 December for the commencement of
hearing on the alleged torture case of a journalist, Musa Saidykhan, by
security agents of the Gambian government which is now busy preparing
to appear before the sub-regional court, the Media Foundation for West
Africa (MFWA) said Monday.
The ECOWAS Court fixed the date for the trial to proceed, having
thrown away the application made by the Gambian government which argued
that the sub-regional court lacked 'jurisdiction' to hear the matter.
According to MFWA sources, the Gambian government on 28 October asked the ECOWAS Court for more time 'to prepare its defence'.
Gambia's
National Intelligence Agency personnel allegedly tortured Musa Saidyk
han, former editor-in-chief of a banned Banjul-based Independent
newspaper in 2006 after a failed coup against President Yahya Jammeh's
government.
In November 2007, MFWA filed the suit on behalf of
Saidykhan at the ECOWAS Court 'to seek justice for him and also bring
relief to many other Gambian journalists who had suffered a similar
fate.'
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- Mr Sambou, I can't beleive you wrote that. Wait until it hits home then you will understand what it means to do what he has done. What plannet are you from. We all love our country but you have to separate the two, country and government.
(Posted on December 1, 2009, 6:12 PM asta)
- i hate the police, instate of putting the money in the govement and help the poor citizen, No they put the money in their own poket. Mr. President, please please we need Denocracy and humanrights thats not in Gambia. am very very angry. i hate polic
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 6:34 PM abroad)
- I as a gambian,am scairt because there is no democracy in Gambia.why cannt the people in Gambia tell what they think and what they mean without been punish oder getting in to problems.the police are doing rubbish on the trafik,collecting money like.
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 6:19 PM no name)
- most of us 4get that there is no independent court in the gambia. our courts are infested with mercenary judges , rogue magistrate and a corrupt judicial system. i was arrested by the NIA 2001 and i was beaten by officers for just no reason.
(Posted on November 18, 2009, 12:01 PM millaja)
- Assalamu Alaykum Gambians, whether he is a gambian or not is'nt the issue here. he was tortured by the BRUTAL & BARBERIC NIA.i used to work for the Independent Newspaper between 2000-2003 and every week there will be a phone or fax with dead threat.
(Posted on November 18, 2009, 11:45 AM millaja)
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