MFWA Press Statement: ECOWAS Court to hear “disappeared” Gambian journalist’s case on Monday The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Monday, July 16, 2007 began hearing, of the case filed on behalf of a “disappeared” Gambian journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh, reporter of pro-government Banjul-based “Daily Observer” newspaper. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) filed a legal suit for the sub-regional court to compel the government of President Yahya Jammeh to immediately release Manneh. The court earlier on fixed July 10, but later postponed it. Colleagues of Manneh witnessed his arrest by two plain-clothed personnel of the notorious political police, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), at the “Daily Observer’s” premises on July 11, 2006. But the government and police claim they do not know the whereabouts of Manneh. Simply he is “disappeared”. The Gambian government has blatantly refused several requests from human rights groups to either release or charge Manneh if he has committed any offence. Issued by the MFWA, Accra. July 13, 2007. The MFWA is a regional independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Accra. It was founded in 1997 to defend and promote the rights and freedom of the media and all forms of expression. Kwame Karikari, Prof. Executive Director MFWA Accra Email : [log in to unmask] Tel : 233 21 24 24 70 Fax : 233 21 22 10 84 _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤