Gambia: Amnesty International calls for the reopening of The Independent and the release of Chief Manneh
Gambia: Amnesty International calls for the reopening of The Independent and the release of Chief Manneh
Index Number: AFR 27/001/2007Date Published: 28 March 2007
Categories: Gambia, Africa, West Africa
It is now a year since the closure of The Independent and arbitrary arrest and illegal detention of three members of its staff. Amnesty International calls for the immediate reopening of The Independent, and the immediate unconditional release of Chief Manneh, a reporter of the Daily Observer, whom Amnesty International considers a prisoner of conscience, who has been held in incommunicado detention without charge or trial for close to 9 months.