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Gambia /Senegal Crisis..Part I-Town Crier is back with more revelations!
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (1740 reads)

By Town Crier

Dear Pa and all Gambians,

This is an insider's side of the story. I am compelled regardless of my oath to defend the nation as well keep state secrets.I cannot help but tell Gambians the naked truth without compromising sensitive state security matters. Our president Yahya Jammeh and my Commander in Chief is hell bent on knocking our heads against a neighbor with whom we have lived peacefully since time immemorial.

CPJ says More Malian journalists jailed in high school essay crackdown
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (407 reads)

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Journalists

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More Malian journalists jailed in high school essay crackdown

New York, June 21, 2007—Authorities in the capital Bamako have jailed five journalists in a week—the first arrests in the country since 2003—in the aftermath of an article about a high school essay assignment concerning an imaginary presidential sex scandal.

Breaking News:President Jammeh says two hiv patients died during his aids treatment!
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (1552 reads)

Below is a speech delivered by Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, in which he confesses that two hiv patients died from his hands during his aids cure treatment program.

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Honourable Secretaries of State, Secretary-General Office of the President, Service Chiefs, CEO RVTH, Cuban Team, Permanent Secretaries, my boss, Alkalo of Kanilai, even though am the President, but if am in Kanilai, he is my boss as am under his jurisdiction, civil servants, Honourable members of the National Assembly, my medical team, patients and well-wishers.

Breaking News: Ganyie Touray Takes Over CRR Governorship
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (596 reads)

Ganyie Touray Takes Over CRR Governorship
As Amulie Janneh Retires
Thursday 21st June 2007

By Pap Saine

According to official sources, Mr Ganyie Touray has been appointed as the new Governor of Central River Region (CRR).Mr. Touray is said to have received his appointment letter on Tuesday. He replaces Mr Amulie Janneh who retired from service.

Breaking News:The Big Interview:Jailed Gambian Journalist Lamin Fatty Speaks!!
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (672 reads)

“I think that at this very moment, one has to know what to write, when to write it, as far as the press is concerned in this country. My Lawyer has just ask me to stop writing for the time being. And obviously, I have to heed to his advise. Really, what I can tell you is that I'm living in fear. I'm living in fear and my family are not stable. They are very worried.” These were the exact words of Journalist Lamin Fatty a former Senior Reporter with the Defunct Independent Newspaper. Mr. Fatty in an exclusive interview with the Freedom Newspaper, said the current hostile media situation in the Gambia, calls for absolute caution. Fatty who was recently convicted on Libel and sedition charges said he had drop his journalistic pen for now in fear for his life and personal safety. His Lawyer Lamin Camara has advised him to refrain from writing stories in local papers, until his appeal case against the state is exhausted. Fatty is contesting the legality of the Magistrate’s judgment, which imposed one year prison jail term against him in default of a court fine. In a telephone interview, Fatty commented about lack of funds to support his family, government’s relationship with the private press, his detention and a host of other issues. Below is the full text of the interview. Please read on..
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Freedom Newspaper: How do you feel when the Gambian press bail you out from going to jail by paying your fine?

Lamin Fatty: Well, I was extremely happy. Extremely happy, for the fact they have saved me from going to jail. That's very commendable. And I'm thanking them for rescuing me from going jail.

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Breaking News:Prison Commissioner David Colley to face new charges! D200,000 bribery scandal unveiled!
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (806 reads)

By Our Banjul Bureau Chief Landing Badjie.
Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom
Newspaper.

The director of the Gambian prisons is still under custody at the state central prison in Banjul and reports abound town that the state is busy contemplating coming up with fresh charges against the prisons boss. According to unconfirmed reports, the Gambian authorities would on Tuesday, next prefer other charges against David Colley, though our sources declined to comment further on the matter.

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Breaking News:APRC Plans to Expel MP Sainey Jaiteh!!
Thursday, June 21, 2007 (807 reads)

By Our Banjul Bureau Chief, Landing Badjie.
Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom
Newspaper.

Reports reaching this paper have intimated that there are moves in the inner circle of the APRC to prepare the ground for the expulsion of Hon. Sainey Jaiteh from the party. The member for Serekunda Central ruffled the upper echelons of the APRC when he boldly told the National Assembly on Friday that the Jammeh Foundation for Peace Hospital is dysfunctional and not responsive to the health care needs of the people. He described the situation of the hospital as pathetic in that the health facility could not even provide a simple drug like paracetamol to patients. This followed by a story ran by the Freedom Newspaper.

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Independent Managing Editor addresses international conference on torture!!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (541 reads)

Independent Managing Editor Alagi Yoro Jallow was honored as a Guest speaker,at a conference held in Boston. The conference centered on torture, which attracted speakers from different sectors. Alagi Yorro Jallow,Nieman fellow at Harvard University and Mason fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.Keynote speaker Joshua Rubenstein,the Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International,USA. Below is Mr.Jallow's full speech.

Speech by Alagi Yorro Jallow,Nieman fellow,Harvard University,Exiled Managing Editor,The Independent Newspaper,The Gambia.

The Boston Center for Refugee Health &Human Rights at Boston Medical Center.

June 19, 2007

Good evening, ladies and Gentlemen,

It is indeed a deep honour to be asked to come and grace this ocassion with a speech on torture. Let me, first of all, express my thanks and appreciation to the organisers of this important forum for inviting me to come and share with you some thoughts on the question of torture which is still widely practiced in many countries in the world.

Michael Scales Praises the Freedom Newspaper! He says the paper represents Gambia's interest!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (150 reads)

By Michael Scales, UK.

Dear Mr.Editor,

Your editorials continue to serve the best interests of The Gambia.I have read that The President has proclaimed that The Gambia will have a democracy like no other.I see no problem with this provided it is a democracy governed by the people for the people.I have found my self making allowances not only for Gambia but for myself and the World from which i live.

Yahya Jammeh deeply implicated in the Casamance rebellion- an arms dealer A ONE!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (722 reads)

By Our Security Affairs Correspondent Hammadi Maasina.

It has now come to light that the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is fully and deeply involved in the Casamance rebellion. It was a good thing that Jammeh himself started vomiting some of the clues in his editorial at the Daily Observer. Classified documents had already got leads however, it was just a matter of time to know where the horn was placed because it had stopped blowing! Yahya is the blower of the horn of war in Casamance.He has been selling arms to the rebels from a bunker around Bonto radio transmitters in the kombos.