The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with mixed feelings of shock and relief about the killers of journalist Deyda Hydara, a founder and former president of the GPU. This Monday, Malick Jatta, a military personnel and a member of the hit-squad of then-president, Yahya Jammeh, told the Truth, Reconciliation[Read More…]
Year: 2019
Yankuba Touray Scores Another Legal Victory Against Justice Minister Tambadou
As High Court Tosses Contempt Charges Gambia’s Attorney General and minister of Justice, Abubacarr Tambadou, has suffered another humiliating defeat in his feud with Yankuba Touray, a former minister in the previous government of Yahya Jammeh. Mr Touray is in state custody after his arrest in June for refusing to[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Must Stand Trial For Deyda Hydara’s Murder
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, now living in exile in Equatorial Guinea, to be extradited back to Gambia to stand trial for the 2004 murder of Deyda Hydara, a newspaper editor who was the dean of Gambia’s journalists and RSF’s correspondent. RSF issued the[Read More…]