According to the Independent Online, 17 men are charged with treason. Read on...
Gambia charges 17 men with treason
April 30 2006 at 11:36AM Banjul - Gambia has charged 17 men, most of them former military officers, with treason for their suspected role in a coup attempt last month, judicial sources in the tiny West African country said late on Friday.
"The suspects arrested in connection with the March 21 abortive coup have been charged and arraigned before the High Court," Justice Minister Sheikh Tidjan Hydara said in a statement broadcast on state television.
Judicial sources said 17 people had been charged with treason and conspiracy to commit treason. The case was adjourned until May 10.
Up to 35 people have been detained since the coup bid, including 13 army officers, two senior intelligence officials, religious leaders, parliamentarians, a lawyer and a businessman.
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The alleged mastermind of the attempted coup, former Chief of Defence Staff Colonel Ndure Cham, has gone into hiding and authorities believe he may be in neighbouring Senegal.
President Yahya Jammeh, a former wrestler, has ruled Gambia since seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994 and is expected to seek a third term at elections due in October.
Opponents accuse him of a range of human rights abuses as well as rigging previous elections.
A group of military officers accused in the coup plot appeared on television last month confessing to a bid to take over the country while Jammeh was abroad and hand over power to an interim government.
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