The erstwhile editor of the Pro-government Daily Observer, Mam Sait Ceesay, has regained his freedom while his co-defendant, Malick Jones, continues to languish at his mosquitor-infested Mile 2 cell. The principal television producer's continued incarceration is due to is lack of a surety to get him bailed pending their trial. The Parish-based Reporters Without Borders have issued a statement to that effect. Read on.

Government press officer freed on bail but co-defendant still held
Presidential press officer Mam Sait Ceesay was released yesterday from Mile Two prison in
Banjul after paying bail of 200,000 dalasis (6,730 euros) but co-defendant Malick Jones,
a producer with state-owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), is still held
because he could not raise the bail money.

They were arrested on 9 September for wrongly informing the pro-government Daily Observer
newspaper that President Yahya Jammeh had fired his press and public relations director.
Reporters Without Borders has been told they are also alleged to have provided
information to Freedom Newspaper, a US-based website that is very critical of the Gambian
government and claims to have sources inside the president’s office.