Even amid trifle gestures of humanity, the nation's heart continues to ache
until the odious stench of cannibalistic furor is abated. Thanks Galleh for
the reminder. Yahya's salvation is directly related to his fortunes in ethics
and due-diligence. I encourage him to search deep in his heart as he enjoys
his new-born. Sometimes Allah sends us revelations in ever so benign creation.
Haruna.
In a message dated 12/14/2007 2:01:08 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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Reporters Without Borders
Press release
14 December 2007
GAMBIA
On third anniversary of journalist’s murder, indifference in Banjul for
family and friends
The third anniversary of the murder of Deyda Hydara, the editor of The
Point newspaper and Banjul correspondent of Agence France-Presse and
Reporters Without Borders, will be commemorated with great sadness by
Reporters Without Borders on 16 December, especially as the Gambian
authorities have made no attempt to identify and punish his killers.
“Hydara’s family and friends have been mourning this great African
journalist for three years while the government does nothing or just
slanders his memory, and we pay tribute to their courage and resolve,” the
press freedom organisation said.
“Everything President Yahya Jammeh has said about Hydara has been
contradictory or aggressive and it is now clear that his government has no
intention of shedding light on this terrible murder. Although, for the time
being, they must continue to live in world of rumour and indifference, we
assure them we will continue to campaign until the truth comes out.”
Hydara was shot dead in a street beside a police barracks as he was driving
two employees home on the evening of 16 December 2004. He had previously
received threats from the National Intelligence Agency, which had him under
surveillance a few minutes before he was gunned down.
No serious attempt was made to identify either the perpetrators or
instigators of this murder. The only official statement from the Gambian
officials responsible for the investigation came six months later.
Referring to Hydara as “provocative,” it absurdly suggested that the
murder
could have been linked to his sex life.
In a New Year’s interview in January, President Jammeh blamed “Gambia’s
enemies” for Hydara’s murder. He said Hydara was killed with the aim of
preventing him, Jammeh, from being elected president of the Economic
Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). He did not elaborate.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24749
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