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Breaking News: GRTS Reporter Dodou Sanneh fired-TV Director Momodou Sanyang Reprimanded by the President verbally!!!
Breaking News: GRTS Reporter Dodou Sanneh fired-TV Director Momodou Sanyang Reprimanded by the President verbally!!!
Nia Officers Allegedly Threatens Sanneh While in Custody
State House Issues Decree To Censor All Critical Opposition Views During Campaign Period- As Election Fever Heats UP...
By Staff Writer Karafa Badjie
News just came in that the detained GRTS reporter Dodou Sanneh has been
fired with immediate effect by the government, the Freedom Newspaper
can reveal. Sanneh was accused of sympathizing with the opposition and
also using derogatory remarks against the President, sources hinted.
Sanneh has been in NIA custody since his disappearance few days ago. An
official of the state controlled TV GRTS told the Freedom Newspaper
that news of Sanneh's sacking was communicated to their Director
Momodou Sanyang yesterday before close of business. The GRTS official
said Momodou Sanyang was also reprimanded by the state for allowing
Sanneh to cover opposition rallies, which according to the source
angered the President. TV Director Sanyang was summoned by the
President to censor critical opposition views or risked being fired. It
is not clear if Dodou Sanneh will face any charges, but sources hinted
that there is a big shake up at GRTS, as journalists working at the
state media were living in constant fear. That many reporters and their
editors were censoring themselves ahead of the elections. Reports have
it that Dodou Sanneh was being physically abused by captives. Up to
the time of piecing this story together Dodou Sanneh's firing was not
reversed by the state. He is no longer an employee of the GRTS said my
source. |
Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (Archive on Sunday, October 29, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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