Friday, April 19, 2024

Gambia

Gambia 

The Gambia: GPU Condemns Physical Assault of Journalist by State House Photographer

The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on a reporter for the online platform, Kerr Fatou, by President...
Gambia 

GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation

The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed at strengthening ongoing efforts...
Gambia 

Towards an ATI Law in The Gambia: The Journey So Far

Access to Information is one of the pillars of a strong democratic government. The legal right to request information from government can lead to...
Gambia 

GPU Re-Echoes Call for Journalism Without Fear or Favour

Banjul, May 03: Today marks the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). May 3rd has been set aside by the United Nations...
Gambia 

GPU Re-Echoes Call for Journalism Without Fear or Favour

Banjul, May 03: Today marks the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). May 3rd has been set aside by the United Nations...
Gambia 

GPU, National Assembly Hold Consultative Meeting on Access to Information Bill

The Gambia Press Union on Tuesday 11th Febuary 2020 held a consultative meeting with the National Assembly Select Committee on Education on the draft...
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Month of Repression: Four Killed, Dozens Arrested and Radio Stations Shut

Four fatalities have already been recorded in an alarming start to 2020, as Guinea and Nigeria began the year on the same repressive note...
Gambia 

JED Joins AFEX to Demand Justice for the Murder of Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara

This statement was published on www.jed-afrique.org July 29, 2019. Press Freedom Organisations Demand Prosecutions of Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh for Killing of Journalist, Mr....
Gambia 

AFEX Demands Accountability for 2004 Killing of Deyda Hydara, Calls for Prosecution of Ex-President Jammeh of Gambia

ACCRA, GHANA, Wednesday, July 24, 2019:  The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a regional network of freedom of expression organizations, has called on...
CameroonDemocratic Republic Of CongoEthiopiaGambiaGhanaKenyaUgandaZambia 

Registration for Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica18) Opened

Registration for the sixth edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2018 (FIFAfrica18) is opened. FIFAfrica18 is a landmark event that brings...
CameroonDemocratic Republic Of CongoEthiopiaGambiaSomaliaUgandaZimbabwe 

Annual Report on the State of Internet Freedom in Africa

The Annual Report on the State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2017  tracks Internet/digital rights related incidents and developments recorded in 12 African countries in...
Gambia 

Fighting Impunity: Major Breakthrough in The Gambia

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on November 6, 2017. In what is a major breakthrough in the long fight against impunity in The...