Teacher Handed Three Years Jail Term For Stabbing Sierra Leonean Refugee 8 Times!!!!

…..Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara Says The Teacher Shirks His Responsibility As A Teacher

By Staff Writer Sulayman Ceesay, Banjul

A Gambian teacher, who stabbed a Sierra Leonean refugee eight times, thus putting her life into  jeopardy will spend three years behind bars, the court heard Wednesday.  Court papers revealed that the convict Babou Jadama,  a teacher at ST. Francis Lower Basic School, in Kunkujang sometime last year, had communicated death threats against one Sierra Leonean refugee, in the person of Maimuna Conteh. Jadama, a resident of Talinding, the court heard testified that he Jadama  had no alternative, but to stab the complainant,  following a dispute between the two. The dispute revolves around a love affair. Jadama was said to be in love with the plaintiff’s daughter. Court papers say Jadama had a row with Ms. Conteh’s daughter on the day in question. And it was during the process of brokering peace between the two,  when the accused stabbed the plaintiff with a  bottle eight times, the court heard.  

As President Jammeh Murdered Journalist Chief Manneh

.....GPU USA Petitioned President Obama!!!!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On behalf of the GPU-USA, I have just submitted a petition to the Gambian people and the International Community demanding that President Yahya Jammeh and the Government of the Gambia immediately produce Journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh to assure his family and the general public that he is alive. The petition is prompted by a statement by Attorney General Marie Saine-Firdaus on April 6, 2009 that Chief Manneh is not in the custody of the Gambian state. Manneh was picked up around July 7, 2006 by agents of Gambia's secret police, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), who are driectly answerable to Jammeh. Please take a moment to read and sign this petition in support of Chief Manneh's case, for the cause of humanity, and against impunity. 

http://www.petitiononline.com/gpuusa02/

 Thank you.
 

Baba Galleh Jallow

Secretary General

Gambia Press Union - United States Branch (GPU-USA)

Yahya Jammeh Has So Far Murdered Three Gambian Journalists Since Coming To Power!!!

Three journalists have so far died in the hands of President Yahya Jammeh. Omar Barrow, a former Sud FM Editor, and Red Cross Volunteer was killed on April 10, 2000 by Jammeh’s hit men. Deyda Hydara, the erstwhile Point Newspaper Editor and publisher was murdered On  December 16 2004 by the State Guards. Chief  Ebrima Manneh was murdered in 2008 by the State Guards. Jammeh also facilitated the killing 60 West African nationals, the majority of whom were Ghanaians on July 22^nd 2004.  Jammeh also facilitated the killing of five security chiefs in 2006, including his own intelligence chief Daba Marena. Jammeh also facilitated the killing over 50 suspected witches in The Gambia in 2009.

The Big Interview:  The Watchman Talk Tough Against Bullies!!!!

“ My Lawyer Will Be In Court To Represent Me on Any Case Filed Against The Freedom Newspaper,” Watchman Posited

Ever since his emergence into Gambia’s online community, the self-styled Gambian watchman has been making headline news. The watchman is not stranger to controversies, as he engaged members of the media into a constructive debate. While his real identity continues to attract more attention among The Gambian Community, the watchman remarked “It’s more about a tactical choice than fear. Anonymity allows me to focus on the goal of objective assertion and that alone. As evidenced by some past episodes, anytime a sensitive writer or journalist pens an article or other work using their real identities, they succumb to the emotional pitfall of deeming any critique of their work an assault on their person. There is no professional decoupling. Anonymity detaches me from these foibles. It also helps in misleading anyone intent on locating my person. I cherish privacy immensely.” In an exclusive interview with the US based Freedom Newspaper, the Watchman said the Freedom Editors should not waste their precious time worrying themselves about legal actions coming from any quarters. “That won’t happen and you need not lose sleep over it. If any thin-skinned individual shoots from the hip and decides to take legal action, they are among the many that have bought into the permanent American fallacy that litigation solves everything, including petty and unfounded grudges. Your medium is protected by numerous laws and measures that I’d rather no go into at the moment. The colic babies crying wolf and making threats about taking you to court are public figures in a domain where sedition, defamation and blackmail have strict statutes that prevent any Tom, Dick and Harry from abusing them just because their “family” has been put under the microscope. If that were the case Pa, Jay Leno would have been tossed in jail. If that were the case Pa, the creators of Mad Comics would been bankrupted by legal fees. See where I’m going with this?,” he said.  While he watchman might not show up in court physically, he said his attorney will represent him in absentia.  “My lawyer will. He will do two things: He will protect my right to anonymity and your right to exclusion from any liability. And next, he will make complete clowns of some of the media fraternity over here that always gloat and pompously denounce Yahya Jammeh while refusing to be put under same scrutiny,” Watchman said. Below is the full text of the interview. Please read on………

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Michael Scales Donates $500 Dollars To The Freedom Newspaper!!!

British philanthropist, and business tycoon Michael Scales, has donated $ 500 dollars to the US based Freedom Newspaper. Mr. Scales who is a friend,  and supporter of the leading online media outlet,  made the donation today. This is not the first time that Mr.Scales had extended such donations to the paper. In a statement today, Scales remarked “ Please accept my further support to The Freedom Newspaper for its aims and honourable ambitions. The donation coincides with the memory of those children lost on April 10th 2000,  and your friend and much lamented colleague Mr.Omar Barrow. Lest we forget.”