28 June 2009
The president of the Gambian Press Union (GPU) is calling for international media freedom organisations to support its campaign for the release of journalists being held under sedition charges.Their alleged crime is to have criticised the country’s president over the handling of investigations into the murder in 2004 of editor Deyda Hydara.
Links and documents:
Gambia Press Union - Press Release, 18 June 2009 (download Word.doc)
Statement of The African Editors Forum, 23 June 2009 (download Word.doc)
The African Editors Forum is shocked, Gambia Press Union
Amnesty International Urgent Action (download Word.doc)
GPU-UK Message of Solidarity (download Word.doc)
Sign a new GPU_USA petition
Urgent Action - Gambia - Journalisten in Haft, 18 June 2009 (German site)
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