English/Français Reporters without borders Update 12 October 2006 GAMBIA Journalist freed after being held illegally for 139 days by intelligence agents Malick Mboob, a former reporter with the pro-government Daily Observer and now the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital's communication officer, was finally released yesterday after being held illegally for 139 days in the cells of the National Intelligence Agency in Banjul. He was arrested on 26 May on suspicion of writing articles for the Freedom Newspaper, a US-based news website that is very critical of the Gambian government. Someone hacked into the site on the night of 22 May, obtaining lists of subscribers and contributors. ----------------- GAMBIE Malick Mboob enfin relâché, après 139 jours de détention illégale Malick Mboob, ancien journaliste du quotidien progouvernemental Daily Observer, et chargé de communication du Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, a été libéré le 11 octobre 2006 des geôles de la National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Soupçonné d'avoir rédigé des articles pour le journal en ligne Freedom Newspaper, basé aux Etats-Unis et très critique des autorités gambiennes, il avait été interpellé par les forces de sécurité le 26 mai. Ce journal avait été piraté dans la nuit du 22 au 23 mai, révélant la liste des abonnés et des contributeurs. -- Leonard VINCENT Bureau Afrique / Africa desk Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders 5, rue Geoffroy-Marie 75009 Paris, France Tel : (33) 1 44 83 84 84 Fax : (33) 1 45 23 11 51 Email : [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] Web : www.rsf.org ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤