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Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 29 May 2006 10:14:53 -0400
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George Sarr,
The article is from AllAfrica.com 
http://allafrica.com/stories/200605260777.html which you can varify for 
yourself.
I have only asked a question which you could just answer without all the 
nonsense about where an e-mail has been first posted. You could at least 
write to the Committee to Protect Journalists (New York) who sent the press 
release to correct the error about Gambia Post.

What is all these about?

Momodou 

On Mon, 29 May 2006 09:31:35 -0400, George Sarr <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>Momodou Camara,
>  You ought to know better than to come here and promote lies. You also
>know "those summoned were on a list of purported contributors to Freedom
>Newspaper that was recently posted on the" TO The Gambia-L. Gambia Post
>was CC'ed in that E-mail. SEE below. But of course you guys took cover and
>delete that e-mail Subject: [>-<] I AM NOT AFRAID , and you also delisted
>the sender from your mailing list. So you sit on your asses over there and
>take no action. We are taking action and doing something. You can join the
>ranks of APRC and gloat to your heart's content. How disingenuous of you.
>Perhaps you forgot I'm here to call your tosh bluff. Again SEE below and
>pay close attention to:
>
><<To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] >>
>
>Shame on you! The is the lowest of low. FYI The Gambia Post is the most
>pro-Democracy website on the face of the earth. Eff you and your Gov't.
>Happy now?
>
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>Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 15:53:16 +0100 (BST)
>From: panderry mbai <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [>-<] I AM NOT AFRAID
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Cc: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>> Folks, Is Gambia Post a pro-government Web site now? Read this report!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Momodou Camara
>> ---------------------
>>
>> Police Summon Web Site Contributors
>>
>> Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
>> PRESS RELEASE
>> May 26, 2006
>> Posted to the web May 26, 2006
>> New York
>>
>> Police in the Gambia on Monday summoned contributors and sources for the
>> U.S.-based Web site Freedom Newspaper (http://www.freedomnewspaper.com).
>> Local sources told the Committee to Protect Journalists today that at
>> least one local journalist was detained in connection with the
>> summonses, and that others may have been picked up by security forces.
>> Calls by CPJ to police officials and Information Minister Neneh
>> Mcdoll-Gaye went unanswered today.
>>
>> Those summoned were on a list of purported contributors to Freedom
>> Newspaper that was recently posted on the pro-government Web site Gambia
>> Post ( http://www.gambiapost.net/ ), according to Freedom Newspaper's
>> editor, Pa Nderry M'bai, a Gambian journalist based in the United
>> States.
>>
>> The police summons, which was published today in the pro-government
>> Daily Observer, announced that "the Security Services are in possession
>> of the full list of persons who continuously supplied [M'bai] with
>> information, which he used to castigate and vilify the democratically
>> elected government of His Excellency, President Dr Alhaji Yahya AJJ
>> Jammeh." The Daily Observer also published the entire list, which
>> identifies the names and addresses of dozens of people based inside the
>> Gambia and in the diaspora. The list includes local journalists as well
>> as government employees who allegedly served as sources. M'bai's home
>> address was also printed in the paper.
>>
>> At least one journalist employed by the state broadcaster Gambia Radio
>> and Television Services (GRTS) was detained and questioned by police
>> today, a local source told CPJ. The journalist, whose name was on the
>> list published by the Daily Observer, was released without charge, the
>> source said.
>>
>> On Wednesday, the Daily Observer published an article alleging that
>> M'bai leaked the list of contributors himself after announcing that he
>> would support President Jammeh's re-election bid in elections scheduled
>> for October this year. M'bai denied the assertions in an interview with
>> CPJ and in a statement posted on Freedom Newspaper.
>>
>> "It is outrageous that Gambian authorities are targeting contributors to
>> an independent news site," said Ann Cooper, executive director of CPJ.
>>
>> "This dictatorial attempt to stifle independent reporting comes on the
>> heels of a growing crackdown on the Gambian media."
>>
>> Gambian journalists face repressive legislation, along with frequent
>> harassment and threats. Authorities are now holding one journalist and
>> have arrested two others within the last two months. One newspaper was
>> shuttered in late March.
>>
>> Lamin Fatty, a reporter for the private Banjul-based newspaper, The
>> Independent, has been detained by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
>> since April 10 without due process or access to legal counsel. The
>> government has given no public explanation for Fatty's detention. An NIA
>> investigator, Lamine Saine, told CPJ that Fatty was charged with
>> publishing "false news" but was unable to provide any details of the
>> charge, while Fatty's colleagues say he has not appeared in court since
>> his arrest. Gambian law requires that detainees be brought before a
>> court within 72 hours.
>>
>> Gambian security forces sealed off The Independent's offices on March
>> 28, and have prevented the paper from operating since then. For more
>> information, see CPJ's May 17 protest letter:
>> http://www.cpj.org/protests/06ltrs/africa/gambia17may06pl.html
>>
>>
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