The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the attack on the private bi-weekly newspaper, The Independent.According to information before IPI, police in Gambia arrested the editor, Musa Saidykhan, and the general manager, Madi Ceesay, of The Independent, and closed the paper's offices, on 28 March. The newspaper's offices were sealed by security forces that morning, and all staff were detained. Most were later released, but Saidykhan and Ceesay were kept in detention. Authorities have not yet given an explanation for the actions of the police.

JAMMEH'S PRESS FREEDOM RECORDS VERY BAD.

                   BY JABOU JOH

Pa Nderry,

I know Tam Jasseh personally and the simplistic narration attributed to him is not the way he talks at all. Not in the least bit. Tam is very coherent and well spoken and infact takes pride in being so..This is why I suspected that some of these people were collaborating with the regime with a cooked up story but as per the statement from his family member, it may very well be that he was not in control of his faculties for one reason or another. I notice that the so-called marabout, Mr Faal's statement is comprised of almost exactly the same words as that of Tam Jasseh with a few changes.

Hormosi: “ Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, should be worried about his life after the Presidency. Is Jammeh monitoring the developments in Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone? His own personal friend and brother Charles Taylor was arrested yesterday and placed in jail. This should serve as enough lesson for The Gambian dictator. His future is indeed bleak. When we think about the April 10, students massacre, the Novembember 11 mass executions in grand style, the death of Ousman Koro Ceesay, Veteran journalist Deyda Hydara, the Ghanaians dead bodies in Burufut and a host of other atrocities committed by this administration, we doubt if Jilanka will walk as a free man after the Presidency. There is a lot of blood in the hands of this disgraceful Gambian dictator. Watch out Jammeh and prepare for your life after the Presidency.”

Hormosi: “ Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh should be worried about his life after the Presidency. Is Jammeh monitoring the developments in Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone? His own personal friend and brother Charles Taylor was arrested yesterday and placed in jail. This should serve as enough lesson for The Gambian dictator. His future is indeed bleak. When we think about the April 10, students massacre, the Novembember 11 mass executions in grand style, the death of Ousman Koro Ceesay, Veteran journalist Deyda Hydara, the Ghanaians dead bodies in Burufut and a host of other atrocities, we doubt if Jilanka will walk as a free man after the Presidency. There is a lot of blood in the hands of this disgraceful Gambian dictator. Watch out Jammeh and prepare for your life after the Presidency.”