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Freed Journalists React to President’s Pardon

Pictures: Sam Sarr (1), Pap Saine (2), Pa Modou Faal (3), Sarata J-Dibba (4), Ebrima Sawaneh (5) & Bai Emil Touray (6)

Monday, September 07, 2009

Following their release last Thursday 3rd September 2009 on a presidential pardon, the six Gambian journalists Pap Saine, Sam Sarr, Ebrima Sawaneh,...

Freed At Last

Pictures: Pap Saine (1), Sam Sarr (2), Bai Emil Touray (3), Pa Modou Faal (4), Sarata J-Dibba (5), and Ebrima Sawaneh (6)

Friday, September 04, 2009

It was on a hot Thursday (6 August 2009) afternoon that Pap Saine, Sam Sarr, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, Bai Emil Touray, Pa Modou Faal and Ebrima Sawaneh...

Halifa Sallah Freed

Picture: Halifa Sallah

Friday, March 20, 2009

The State yesterday announced the withdrawal of all the charges preferred against Mr. Halifa Sallah, Secretary General of the opposition party...

Bai Ousman, Batata, Willy Joof Freed

Pictures: Willy Joof (1), Bai Ousman Secka (2) and Batata Juwara (3)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The State had filed a nolle prosequi in the criminal case against Willy Joof , Bai Ousman Secka and Muhamadou Batata Juwara that were before...

Former Police Commissioner Dibba Freed

Picture: Burama Dibba (Former Police Commissioner)

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Burama Dibba, former Crime Management Co-ordinator of Gambia Police Force, was yesterday acquitted and discharged by the Banjul Magistrates Court of...

Guinean lady freed of infanticide charges

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

A Guinean lady, Jainaba Jallow, was yesterday afternoon exonerated from infanticide charges, this paper can reveal. Jainaba was being tried by the...

Lt. Camara, Domenico Fedelish Get Custodial Sentences

Picture: Manlafi Sanyang (1) and Bakary Camara (2)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

As Ex-Superintendent Manlafi Sanyang is Freed The Banjul Magistrates’ Court yesterday convicted and sentenced Lt. Bakary Camara and Domenico...

Former State House Press Officer Freed

Picture: Mam Sait Ceesay (Former State House Press Officer)

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mam Sait Ceesay, former State House Press Officer, yesterday walked out of the court room as a completely free man after he was acquitted and...

Rambo Jatta finally freed

The Daily Observer Newspaper

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Ousman Jatta, widely known by his sobriquet as Rambo, was on Friday released, after 13 months detention. The Old Bakau Ward Councillor was...

Libya frees foreign HIV medics

Wikinews

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Libya has freed six foreign medical personnel who were convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV and sentenced to death. In jail...