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GAMBIA UPDATE: The Voice Newspaper Editor Charged with False Publication, Detained

Journalists Musa Sheriff (L) and Momodou Justice Darboe (Image taken from The Voice Newspaper) Fajara, September 30, 2024: The Editor-In-Chief of The Voice Newspaper, Musa Sheriff, has been charged with…

GPU Condemns Arrest and Detention of Journalist Momodou Justice Darboe, Threats from President

Journalists Musa Sheriff (L) and Justice Darboe (Image taken from The Voice Newspaper) Fajara, September 27, 2024: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the arrest of…

GPU Welcomes Sentencing of Ousman Sonko Over Torture of Journalists

OUSMAN SONKO - Photo by TRIAL International (Banjul, 15 May, 2024) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of former Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland…

GPU Urges Gambia Government to Consider Public Funding for Media

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2024 STATEMENT

GPU Welcomes Sentencing of Bai Lowe for Murder of Deyda Hydara

(Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment

GPU Urges Police to Drop Charges Against Madi Jobarteh

Madi Jobarteh (Center with microphone), speaks at a forum with reporters and editors on ethical journalism organised by the Media Council of The Gambia and the GPU in August 2022.…

Gambia: High Court Rules Police Violated Talk Show Host’s Rights

Screengrab photo: Sisawo speaks on the Badinya Kaacha SO5 EP29 on Saturday September 30, 2023. The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s High Court Ruling in favour of Alagie Bora…

GPU Renews Call to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

Gambian journalist, Malick B.Cham, visibly injured, was assaulted by supporters of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) on 31st May, 2023. No one has been held responsible. Fajara (Gambia), November…

Gambia ALERT: Talk Show Host Detained Beyond Legal Limit of 72 Hours

Screengrab photo: Sisawo speaks on the Badinya Kaacha SO5 EP29 on Saturday September 30, 2023. Alagie Bora Sissawo, a culture and society talk show co-host on Kerr Fatou, is being…

Gambia ALERT: Gambian President Threatens Press Freedom, Freedom of Expression & Democracy

President Barrow was elected in 2016 on a campaign promises of press freedom and freedom of expression, and promised to uphold these shortly after his election. Gambia’s President, Adama Barrow,…

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