Gambia: Military detains two newspaper journalists

Sanna Camara and Saikou Jammeh, reporters of privately-owned Banjul-based The Daily News newspaper were on March 17, 2009 arrested and detained by military officers drawn from the Tourism Security Unit (TSU) of the Gambia Armed Forces, while on an editorial assignment at a tourist site.

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources reported that the two were detained for about two hours after being of accused of taking photographs of the beach without authorisation.

 The sources said the two were released after signing an undertaking not to write any negative stories about the visit.

For further information contact:  Prof. Kwame Karikari

-March 22, 2010 by MFWA

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Source: www.mediafound.org/index.php (accessed on 23.03.10)