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Gambia ALERT: Police storms The Point newspaper’s office
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Three police officers in Banjul on February 20, 2009 stormed the offices of the privately-owned The Point newspaper and briefly detained all the members of staff present. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)’s sources reported that for about 35 minutes, the police officers, led by Inspector Kebba Fadera, unsuccessfully, forced the newspaper reporters to disclose the sources of their information. The sources said the police visited the newspaper’s offices on three occasions on the same day. Pape Saine, co-publisher and editor was not in the office at the time of the visit. |
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