FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
3 July 2009
State prosecutors have filed charges at the High Court in Banjul against the seven journalists who appeared recently before the Kanifing Magistrates' Court on sedition related charges. The prosecutors retained the three sedition related charges and added two more charges relating to defamation.
The charges before the High Court can be summed up as follows:
One count of conspiracy to publish seditious publication, two counts of publishing seditious publication, once count of conspiracy to commit criminal defamation and one count of criminal defamation.
The seven journalists, namely, Ebrima Sawaneh, News Editor of The Point newspaper; Pap Saine, Editor of The Point newspaper; Sarata Jabbi Dibba, GPU Vice President; Pa Modou Faal, GPU Treasurer; Abubacarr Saidykhan of the Foroyaa; Sam Sarr, Managing Editor of Foroyaa and Emil Touray, Secretary General of GPU, were recently arraigned before the Senior Magistrate Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay at the Kanifing Magistrates' Court on the 18th day of June 2009.
The seven journalists were served with an information on 1 July, 2009, containing a five count charge at the High Court of the Gambia and scheduled to take place on Friday, 3 July, 2009 (today) at 9.00 am.
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