Gambia - Justice minister urged to prove claim that missing journalist is still alive

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on Gambian justice minister Edward Gomez to quickly produce evidence of his claim that “Chief” Ebrima Manneh, a journalist who has been missing since July 2006, is still alive. In a newspaper interview last weekend, the minister insisted that Manneh was alive and “somewhere.” “As justice minister, your comments cannot be taken likely,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Out of respect for Manneh himself, his family and his colleagues, those who have been defending (...)

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