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Gambia News : US Senate expresses concern over 'missing Gambian journalist
Freelance journalist - The American Senate on Wednesday expressed concern over the fate of 'missing' Gambian reporter, Chief Ebrima Manneh, saying the treat ment of the journalist by Gambian authorities, 'will be considered in assessing continued United States assistance for The Gambia,' PANA reported.
This followed United Nations's condemnation of the Gambian government over the detention of the journalist after a petition filed by attorneys from US-based rights groups,"Freedom Now" and "Hogan & Hartson LLP".
The American Senate mentioned Chief Ebrima Manneh's case in a report accompanying "the fiscal 2010 State-Foreign Operations bill".
US 'Senate Appropriations Committee" also said it noted with 'concern, the harassment of journalists and deterioration of press freedom in The Gambia,' particularly the three-year 'incommunicado detention' of Manneh, a reporter for the Daily Observer newspaper.
The missing Gambian journalist's case was raised at the request of Majority Whip Durbin, who is a member of Senate State-Foreign Operations Appropriations.
"The decision of the UN Panel is more than a powerful rebuke of the Gambia government, it is a warning to all regimes holding political prisoners without cause,' Durbin said.
Meanwhile, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 18 November declared Manneh's detention "a Violation of international law," while calling for his "immediate release".
The Gambian government has, however denied holding the journalist who went "missing" since 7 July, 2006.
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- Before the Senate has concern for Manneh, I think there is a lot for him to be concern like the killing of innocent people in Gaza and the invasion of other countries. Is only hypocrisy and am concern about killing of people in Gaza.
(Posted on December 1, 2009, 10:27 PM Lamin)
- Ebou you are right to freely express your opinion and i apologise unreservedly for my crude comments
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 5:00 PM moses jatta)
- Moses Jatta,it has not reached to a point of insulting people,I am expressing my point so you have no right to insult Ah!.I won't pay back if you insult because respect you.So lets respect one another,yes we have problems in the Gambia.Take care,sir!
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 3:11 PM Ebou)
- Mr. EBOU, either you thumb is stuck up your ass or you live on another planet...If you were to disappear from your family for 3 years i think you would have been singing a different tune...Jammeh has no right to hold his fellow citizens indefinitely!
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 2:33 PM moses jatta)
- US better mind their own business!I know there are some problems in the Gambia but they cannot put their mouths into our national problem.US has done more damaged recently than what is happening in the Gambia.They better solve their own mess!
(Posted on November 22, 2009, 8:37 AM Ebou)
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